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Correct, Microsoft is a FOR PROFIT company
What part of that escapes you?

But this isn't about asking the community to contribute, its about allowing developers to see what is going on.
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 10/03/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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System.Xml  Johnny Vegas | 10/03/07
Naw, nothing will save JRE.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Are you drunk?  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 10/03/07
Better if you mean slower,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Are you kidding?  hinshelm | 10/04/07
It's not open  mannyamador | 10/03/07
Correct, Microsoft is a FOR PROFIT company  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
RedHat, Novell, SUN also are for profit companies  Still Lynn | 10/03/07
And they don't GPL theri code either.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Only theri GPLs theri's code. Who is theri anyway?  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
Still, the thre is nothing shared about it. You can ONLY take a peek, and  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
Shared does not = Open  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
And, in this case, it ain't shared either. You can only look at it.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
Shared means you can look at it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/04/07
Nobody  Qbt | 10/03/07
The use of the word "shared" is still very deceptive, they ain't  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
No, that is a basement dwellers deffinition.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
No, this is like a kid letting his friend look at his ball, but not play  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
Very good points, MS wants to appear to be open and interoperable, but  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
As you say, no one is forcing you to use it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
And, the point is that this is deceptive, nobody said you were forced to  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
It's from a for profit company  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
For profit or not, it is NOT shared, you can ONLY look at it, that is not  DonnieBoy | 10/04/07
Basment dwellers don't decide what shared means.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/04/07
Depends on which license you are talking about.  xuniL_z | 10/03/07
Kind of like the boy sharing his ball, and only letting you look at it.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
The majority of the population is  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
Makes sense  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/07
Comments are NOT scrubbed  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
RTFA  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/07
I am not responsible for bad press  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Comments  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 10/03/07
Don't think so.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
That's precisely why the need scrubbing (NT)  jasonp@... | 10/03/07
Perhaps by "scrub"  Michael Kelly | 10/03/07
"scrub" = clean, not necessarily "remove completely"  killerbunny | 10/03/07
"scrub" = it's a start  killerbunny | 10/03/07
re: Maybe they want to remove the "Death to Java" stuff.  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
re: From all I have seen...  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
Source code comments  avacoder@... | 10/04/07
Why scrub  quux | 10/03/07
More like  kozmcrae | 10/03/07
Screen Shots for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Thank you!!  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
Yes, using Google is hard for some  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/04/07
Believing you is even harder sometimes.  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
Dont you know what scrubbed means?  Johnny Vegas | 10/03/07
Still looks bad. Very unprofessional if they had vulgar or junk comments.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
Instead of raqnting like a fool,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Still, if it needed scrubbing, it sound pretty fishy.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
More detail for those that want to know.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Nice URL - Eclipse  mighetto | 10/03/07
Why VS?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
All other IDEs massively suck compared to Visual Studio  jackbond | 10/03/07
True...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Well, if you want something for people that really are not programmers,  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
Zealot spotted  TylerM89 | 10/03/07
Actually, real men use vi with makefiles. The GUI just gets in the way if  DonnieBoy | 10/04/07
You demosntrate your ignorance of the subject.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/04/07
Several reasons  tombalablomba | 10/04/07
We know all we need to know. It ain't shared, and you contaminate yourself.  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
What yoiu wqant doesn't matter to anyone.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
So then this what is the source code for if you can't modify it, and you  DonnieBoy | 10/03/07
Debugging (nt)  rapson | 10/04/07
Debugging and testing code.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/04/07
Don ta get ubsed,,,}  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
.net is a joke  i8thecat | 10/03/07
Its obvious you haven't got a clue  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
A clue?  zkiwi | 10/03/07
Yes you need a clue.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
In other words...  zkiwi | 10/03/07
There is no "other words".  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
re: What part of that is over working your remaining brain cells?  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
You got it!  Tiggster | 10/04/07
"so that developers that write code for 94% of the market can see it"  Ole Man | 10/03/07
Unintentional parody is the best kind.  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
Guess you are not a developer.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/04/07
HAHAHAHAHA  Johnny Vegas | 10/03/07
Hmmm...  zkiwi | 10/03/07
How abotu real world reviews?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Blather on  zkiwi | 10/03/07
You are so limited I decided to help cure yoiur ignorance.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
stop spreading FUD!  Linux Geek | 10/04/07
Real world evidence  Johnny Vegas | 10/03/07
Thanks  zkiwi | 10/03/07
Why now?  D. T. Schmitz | 10/03/07
Vista...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Trap for Mono?...  D. T. Schmitz | 10/03/07
Miguel de Icaza Speaks  D. T. Schmitz | 10/03/07
Your ranting so wildly no one understands you  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Java, Eclipse, Open-Source  D. T. Schmitz | 10/03/07
Not that I can see, .NET has been leaving the competition  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Duh  TylerM89 | 10/03/07
RTFA  TylerM89 | 10/03/07
Clearly, on the surface that's what they say...  D. T. Schmitz | 10/03/07
The reasonable question would be  Ole Man | 10/03/07
Re: What else  TylerM89 | 10/03/07
Is Microsoft CRAZY?They're infringing on VCSY's .Net  conspiracy theory | 10/03/07
WOn't stand up any more than  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Track record  Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/03/07
Well tell ya what,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
re: Lets wait and see.  Still Lynn | 10/04/07
who would look at some worthless VB 6.0 code anyway?  Linux Geek | 10/03/07
VB 6???? Come on, even you aren't that stupid.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Don't feed a troll.  Grayson Peddie | 10/03/07
Even most trolls have a few working brain cells.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Too little too late!  Ole Man | 10/03/07
Ole, Play ketchup with what? Net Beans? Eclipse? Adobe? Flex?  D. T. Schmitz | 10/03/07
What on gods earth are you talking about.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
And philosophically...  zkiwi | 10/03/07
Sure it would...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/03/07
Well...  zkiwi | 10/04/07
Is VCSY only worth 2 cents per share?Microsoft would like you to think so!  conspiracy theory | 10/03/07
Microsoft Malfeasance is common  Ole Man | 10/03/07
Are you kidding  hinshelm | 10/04/07
It's not as if it was an effective secret anyway...  jducoeur | 10/04/07
Bad Documentation  Stephen.Smith@... | 10/04/07
Thank god they didn't open-source it...  Resuna | 10/04/07
In fact, they have in their own way.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/04/07
NanoISV Must Avoid Reading that Code  orcmid | 10/04/07
The truth!!!!  bjbrock | 10/04/07
From a Developer who Loves the Net Framework  michaelkhalsa | 10/04/07
Well...  zkiwi | 10/04/07
RE: Microsoft to release .Net as Shared Source  Jackie150 | 10/11/09
RE: Microsoft to release .Net as Shared Source  sexy costumes | 11/11/09

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