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- Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstream
- Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstreamI don't know about you.......but Codeplex seems to have a long way to go to be as big or important as Sourceforge. 9,000 projects vs 230,000. I think I read that Google Code had around 50,000 a while back and they started off after...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Microsoft steps up self-policing of its OSI-approved source licenses
- After pulling its "Sandcastle" documentation compiler from its CodePlex repository site for failure to comply with Open Source Initiative terms and conditions, Microsoft is ready to try releasing "Sandcastle" again under one of its OSI-approved licenses. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
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- Black Duck calls Microsoft open source mainstream
- Microsoft understands the importance of this story, and you should too. CodePlex, which has 9,000 projects now with 100 more added each week, is now as much a part of open source as Sourceforge. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Microsoft releases source code under an Apache license
- Microsoft releases source code under an Apache licenseAnti MS zealots bashing this in 3... 2... 1...I win $20 if anyone mentions embrace, extend, extinguish. :)Pay us to use technology, we need to feed the greedy.Anyone who buys a single word of anything from Microsoft is ultimately just a dumb consumer.Anyone...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-27
- Some Linux backers upset about selection of Silverlight to stream Obama inauguration events
- While Microsoft cheers the selection of Silverlight for streaming the Obama inauguration events this week, some are upset that the Linux desktop is not a supported operating system. Microsoft's cross platform Silverlight browser plug in supports Windows and Macintosh. The Mono project's Moonlight 1.0 -- an implementation of...
- Blog posts 2009-01-19
- Microsoft debuts early test version of Oxite open source blogging engine
- WordPress has more competition to be. Microsoft's Codeplex team has developed an open source blogging engine that can support simple blogs and large web sites such as its own MIX Online. The project, revealed by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley on Monday, offers content management features that will extend its use...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Microsoft develops open-source content-management system
- Microsoft has developed and released via its CodePlex site an alpha version of a new open-source content-management system, codenamed "Oxite." by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-08
- Sun switches search alliances from Google to Microsoft
- Sun switches search alliances from Google to MicrosoftIn related news, Paul Murphy's forehead veins all burst. nt.Make the Hurting Stop!!!!Please, I realize Sun is dead, but do they have to continue to shoot themselves in every appendage as well to prove their death is imminent. They just won't stop....
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
- Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff released
- DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff releasedMarathonToolhttp://www.codeplex.com/marathontoolSA ExploiterSA Exploiter - GUI SQL Inj ToolFast-Track 3 - Pen Test Toolkithttp://securestate.com/pages/free-tools.aspxRE: DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff releasedPacket-o-matichttp://www.packet-o-matic.org
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- It's official: OOXML is a standard
- It's official: OOXML is a standardA right decisionYou can only FUD so much.Now......we get to see who's going to implement it and how much of it will be implemented. Note that if multiple vendors are using the same MS-Windows API to support OOXML, they're not creating independent implementations of...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Why not VS 2009?
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Why not VS 2009?because VS 2009 would not be free upgradeI think MS would have a PR nightmare on their hands if this update wasn't free especially since it's adding features/support for stuff that was in beta/ctp along with VS 2008.Mary Jo Foley what a stupid...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Microsoft become more open to open source with the departure of Bill Gates? It’s a tough call. Observers from both the open and closed source worlds say the exit of Microsoft’s longtime leader won’t usher in a GPL era at the company but it will likely...
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009
- Even though Microsoft has yet to release a public test build of Office 14, it is tracking for a 2009 release and will likely be named Office 2009. Microsoft didn't issue a press release announcing its plans. In fact, the company has been steadfast in refusing to...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- SharePoint gets an open-source podcasting add-on
- As part of its ongoing campaign to emphasize SharePoint Server's social-computing capabilities, Microsoft rolled out on June 9 a test version of the Podcast Kit for SharePoint PKS, which it is making available under an open-source license. PKS is built on the Microsoft Silverlight platform and is...
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violationwho do they think they are fooling?apologizing for nothing does not absolve M$ of the other grave crimes they commited in the last 20 years.The point of CodePlex is???I have a fellow developer thats completely oblivious to anything non-MS. We would discuss...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Microsoft apologizes to Open Source Initiative for policy violation
- After outcry from various constituencies over the past couple of days, Microsoft has pulled from its CodePlex site its Sandcastle project for failure to comply with the terms and conditions required in order to be qualify as bona-fide open source. Sandcastle is a documentation compiler for managed...
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Microsoft to showcase social bookmarking at TechEd
- One of the new technologies that Microsoft is planning to showcase at its upcoming TechEd U.S. conference is its social-bookmarking tool. John Martin, Lead Evangelist for Server & Tools Online -- as he describes it, "the group that manages the global MSDN, TechNet, Codeplex, and Expression...
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learned
- OOXML vs. ODF: Lessons learnedIt taught Microsoft that its days are numberedas an all powerful monopoly, and that it cannot just run roughshod wherever it likes without an equal and opposite reaction.It's taught us, the community, that maybe it's time to start lots of lobbying of our own. Perhaps lots...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- More battle lines are drawn: Yahoo backs Google's OpenSocial
- More battle lines are drawn: Yahoo backs Google's OpenSocialNice to see all of the open moves by Yahoo. They seem to have decided thatbeing more open is the only thing that can save them from Microsoft. Time will tell if it works or not . . . .Are you kidding?Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
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