Microsoft to Release Source Code for .NET Framework 3.5

Interesting news...
Scott Guthrie has announced that Microsoft will be releasing the source code and debug symbols (aka PDB files) for the .NET Framework assemblies when they release .NET Framework 3.5 later this year.

From Scott Guthrie's Blog,........

"Today I'm excited to announce that we'll be providing this with the .NET 3.5 and VS 2008 release later this year.
We'll begin by offering the source code (with source file comments included) for the .NET Base Class Libraries (System, System.IO, System.Collections, System.Configuration, System.Threading, System.Net, System.Security, System.Runtime, System.Text, etc), ASP.NET (System.Web), Windows Forms (System.Windows.Forms), ADO.NET (System.Data), XML (System.Xml), and WPF (System.Windows). We'll then be adding more libraries in the months ahead (including WCF, Workflow, and LINQ). The source code will be released under the Microsoft Reference License (MS-RL).
You'll be able to download the .NET Framework source libraries via a standalone install (allowing you to use any text editor to browse it locally). We will also provide integrated debugging support of it within VS 2008."

Grt Starting...

Let me recall one of the famous advertisement words from IBM (One of my Prev. Employer!..) .... "When changes are part of the plan, that is on demand business!.."