.NET Framework will make source code available to developers in a limited way

by itadmin on 2007-10-04 03:48:46

Microsoft today announced an open source initiative; with the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft will make the source code for the Microsoft .NET Framework available to developers under the Microsoft Reference License. This includes the base class libraries (System namespace, IO, Text, Collections, CodeDom, Regular Expressions, etc.), ASP.NET, WinForms, and WPF, with Microsoft planning to gradually release more products.

There are two ways to access the source code:

1) Download the source code package and install it locally for viewing.

2) The integrated VS 2008 will allow developers to debug from their own source code into the .NET Framework source code, with Microsoft providing an Internet-accessible source code server.

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