Not true. RedDevNews is working on a retraction. I questioned it when I first heard it this afternoon. NO trade journal reported it for hours, until it showed up on RedDevNews. But even then, no where else.

Also, if word had been given to MVPs, then the person that talked about would have his MVP revoked until public. No confirmation by other MVPs nor on the private MVP forums.

Updated. Here's the retraction http://reddevnews.com/articles/2011/05/19/microsoft-to-open-source-vb6.aspx

>And I sure as heck wasn't going to ask it.
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>Craig says an MS employee says it is not true. But the article quotes a respected MVP, and confirmation from another, anonymous, MVP. So we'll see.
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>The answer, btw, is "never, because of Rushmore."
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>But you've gotta give MS props for trying, if it's true. The most recent version of Python Tools for Visual Studio supports by native Python, and IronPython. And it's Open Source. They're trying.
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>Hank
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>>>http://reddevnews.com/articles/2011/05/19/microsoft-to-open-source-vb6.aspx
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