Microsoft releases source code...

[neb1211]

http://www.computerworld.com/developmentto...1,96246,00.html

Continuing its flirtation with open-source, Microsoft Corp. on Monday posted the code of a little-known collaboration application to open-source development site SourceForge.net.

Microsoft is sharing the source of FlexWiki, a program for creating Web sites called wikis that allow users to add and edit content. It is Microsoft's third open-source code contribution, but it's the first time the company is sharing code for an actual application, said Jason Matusow, director of Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative.


"We want to make sure that we continue to push our spectrum in terms of how far we go with different types of technologies and different types of licensing choices and understand the benefits," he said.

Yeah it may be a little known piece of software but this is still a big step for Microsoft...

[acemaverick1381]

Its a big step, but I doubt that they are going to release source code for Windows. If Windows was all open source, people would modify make it better, compile it themselves, and then they wouldn't even have to pay for it.

[neb1211]

I highly doubt that they will release the source code for windows or any of their other major products but it is still great to see Microsoft release the code for their less sucessful programs...