Making it happen
.net source code release
Ok so Microsoft finally decided to release the source code for the .net framework libraries – cool except it’s about 6 years late! Let’s see what they could have avoided if they did this in the first place …
35000 threads in the .NET forums at microsoft.com
200000 threads about ASP.NET issues / inquiries
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about 4 years ago
I disagree with you. If MS released source code, even the full source code, there would be more people talking on the forums.
The .NET community is insanely strong now, and we can thank MS for that. Releasing the source code under their own license is a good move because it will drive people to make better controls and better software.
about 4 years ago
I’m just saying that there would have been less people affected by bugs and undocumented behavior of of library classes if they could debug into it from the start.