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12,842 PointsWhy is the .NET Framework Open Source?
It's my understanding that Microsoft's programs and code are kept closed as they're MS property. The quiz in the Intro to C# course said that .NET is open source. If this is correct, why is .NET an exception to MS's otherwise closed source environment?
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Anne Yeiser
19,291 PointsTo compete with php and "free" software offerings
Dirk Walzel
5,431 PointsDirk Walzel
5,431 PointsActually MS has changed in the last years it's approach in regards to open source and is becoming more and more an open source company.
I think the why is quite good explained in the following blog entry from MS
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2014/11/12/net-core-is-open-source/