Confirmed: Microsoft Says It Will Open Source VB 6 205
msmoriarty writes "Microsoft told a group of MVPs today at Tech-Ed that it plans to take Visual Basic 6 open source and will release the source code on CodePlex. A source at the event said that Microsoft is planning to release only the VB6 language on codeplex – not Visual Studio or related tools." Update: 05/20 02:24 GMT by T : Alas, too good to be true. msmoriarty writes with an apologetic retraction: "We got it wrong — Microsoft denied and went back to our source and they pulled confirmation. Our apologies."
A Cunning Plan (Score:5, Funny)
Once Visual Basic becomes an open source project the public's perception of Open Source software will plummet.
Re:And we care why? (Score:5, Funny)
Or is there some secret in the VB6 code that the open source community can actually learn from?
Probably yes, you can learn a lot from past mistakes.