Ever wonder how Microsoft feels about open source? You probably remember Gates’ comparison of FOSS to communism, and how the FOSS movement was threatening to undermine the vast IP empire that America depends on to keep itself on top. Needless to say, then, I was surprised to see the following statement on one of the Visual C Express about pages: “Learn from the pros by looking through and modifying the source to commercial games such as Allegiance and Quake.”