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They specifically said it's _not_ open source. Hence the open source-like. To distinguish, they even have a different name for it - inner source.

• webmobdev 6y ago
  > To distinguish, they even have a different name for it - inner source. Yeah, I recognize MBA speak when I see it. That's why I chuckled. They were hacked and somebody saw their code. Now some guy in upper management has to spew some bullshit to protect the company's "image".
  • elygre 6y ago
    The term "inner source" was not coined by Microsoft. The wikipedia page [1] shows the history of the term. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_source
  • bpye 6y ago
    Work at MS, that term has been used for a long time internally, certainly longer than I have worked here. It really is very useful to be able to go find the code for a product when you want to understand how something works.
  • deleted 6y ago
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