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title: Microsoft not opening more source code
date: "2005-02-10T12:00:00Z"
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wp_id: 751
description: I wonder what kind of inappropriate developer comments are hidden in Microsoft's proprietary code, as reports suggest that cleaning up such unprofessional remarks is one reason the company hesitates to open source more of its software.
keywords: [microsoft, source code, open source, code comments, software development, proprietary software]
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[Why is Microsoft not opening more source code](http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/005206&from=rss)?

> Apparently inappropriate code comments is one of the reasons according to this story. I wonder what kind of things developers put in comments that would be so bad for the rest of us to see?

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## Comments

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- **sathish** _10 Feb 2005 12:00 pm_:
  checking if the contact name is coming properly..
- **Venkat** _10 Feb 2005 12:00 pm_:
  GMaP is cool! Better than mappy. Do we have something like this for India?

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