C# isn't "technically" open source, it's just open source. If you want to contribute actual code and have it actually incorporated into the language, then all you need to do is follow the contribution guidelines here: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/wiki/Contributing

IIRC, they (MS) said would steer the language and .NET libs, and not involve a community style effort (because they want to ensure compatibility for their customers), did they change that?

That's not different than some open source projects and has no bearing on it being open source. Some project leads call attempted contributors idiots and refuse to even fix security bugs. Some have differing visions for their project. Which projects run by a strict vote, and how would you even decide who gets to vote? Most likely you'd elect leaders that will vote in the benefit of the project... Which is what MS has effectively done.

>That's not different than some open source projects and has no bearing on it being open source.

I didn't say it's different, or that it's not open source for that.

I asked because the parent said: "If you want to contribute actual code and have it actually incorporated into the language, then all you need to do is follow the contribution guidelines here"

And the parent is right .. Right? That's all you gotta do. If your contribution is accepted, you're all set. Same as every other project I've seen.

Anyways, maybe I misunderstood the that, so my apologies if I came off rude.

Of course they would, it's their project after all. So you can contribute but with that in mind, it's about as open as any corporation is going to be when it comes to accepting input from the world at large. At least they got that bit right.

What's the matter? Open-source did not turn out to be such a silver bullet?

Did I say anywhere that I'm a proponent of Open Source?

I just said, "if only open source languages had the same resources".

Because that's what I mostly get to use, and because I don't run Windows but OS X, so I don't get to play with a fully supported C# environment.

There is no silver bullet as such. Open source is just a bullet, the one that keeps the community armed.

Downvotes for what? Was there something controversial in this simple statement?