WTL "shared-source" news update

[Mike NET]

This is an update of the early semi-official announcement that WTL will go "open source". MS has set up licensing (legal stuff) to make this happen... read more... Microsoft toys with open source[^] Unlike Microsoft's previous shared-source efforts, the WTL plan would allow non-Microsoft staff to be involved in managing and developing WTL. While reluctant to reveal details, Mr Kumar said a key concern was to provide more support for developers so they did not have to keep using the Yahoo! forum. Mike M WinInsider.com