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Windows Forms to go open source?

...make code available as well. Jason Matusow, the director of Microsoft’s Shared Source programme, said there are many products being evaluated on a case... Read more

8 February, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

Microsoft opens up Windows tools

...more substantive portions of its code, but typically under its more restrictive shared-source programme, which has allowed governments and others to see, but not... Read more

14 May, 2004 by Ina Fried

Microsoft contemplating 'sharing' source of SQL Server

...is thinking about including the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 in Microsoft's shared-source programme for disclosing product source code to customers. "It's not... Read more

24 February, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

Microsoft simplifies Shared Source programme

...source code licenses become problematic," Jason Matusow, the director of Microsoft's Shared Source programme, wrote in a blog on Wednesday. "We had 10+ Shared... Read more

19 October, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

Microsoft's open source mind shift

...destroyer". But in the past two years, Microsoft has stepped up its Shared Source programme, in which it gives free access to source code under... Read more

15 September, 2006 by Martin LaMonica

Microsoft keeps its open source enemies close

...more shared or open source projects that aren't highlighted under the Shared Source programme, and Microsoft developers have recently begun calling attention to this... Read more

30 June, 2005 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft opens up more code

...most critical products, such as Windows. Jason Matusow, director of Microsoft's shared-source programme, said the company will expand its open-source programs over... Read more

28 September, 2004 by Ina Fried

Microsoft faces the music at LinuxWorld

A Microsoft presentation at LinuxWorld surprised some, but others felt it left many unanswered questions Read more

23 January, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Microsoft may open Office door

The software giant is considering widening access to the source code that underlies its Office suite Read more

19 January, 2004 by Mike Ricciuti

Microsoft opens FAT file system

...code on "reasonable and nondiscriminatory" terms. The company also recently expanded its shared source programme to allow other companies that provide PC technical support to... Read more

4 December, 2003 by Ina Fried

Microsoft to share more knowledge

...win broader adoption of the format. The company also recently expanded its shared source programme to allow other companies that provide PC technical support to... Read more

3 December, 2003 by Ina Fried

Microsoft shows code to 'trusted users'

...programme that allows outsiders access to the company's source code. The "shared source" programme already allows some governments and technology companies access to some... Read more

23 October, 2003 by Ina Fried

Microsoft defends Windows CE code-share

...a small amount which Microsoft has licensed from elsewhere -- the first Microsoft shared-source programme to open the entire source code of a product, and... Read more

10 April, 2003 by Peter Judge

Microsoft tweaks 'shared source' for Windows CE

...In a highly touted announcement late on Wednesday, Microsoft expanded its existing "shared source" programme for Windows CE, its OS for "embedded" devices, which include... Read more

10 April, 2003 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft: We'll open up more source code

Q&A: Microsoft's shared source chief Jason Matusow on how the programme will spread beyond platforms and could even see Office source code released. The question is, does anybody want it? Read more

18 September, 2002 by Matt Loney

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