Have you even tried to submit a patch to Microsoft for one of their Microsoft Shared-Source projects (there is a list here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/s

Have you even tried to submit a patch to Microsoft for one of their Microsoft Shared-Source projects (there is a list here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/default.mspx ), ? It is near impossible to get MS to accept them. They will give away code, but paranoid about taking contributions.