Microsoft on Tuesday is expected to officially launch a community-building Web site where it will share code with developers.
The CodePlex site will be a venue for Microsoft to provide programmers with tools available under its Shared Source licenses. These licenses allow people to view the source code of products, the software giant said.
The site, which had been in beta testing, is meant to foster more interaction between Microsoft and programmers with technical information and software, it added.
Popular products already available on the site include Microsoft's Atlas Control Toolkit and Iron Python beta 1.
By making the code to their tools available, software vendors hope to entice developers to become familiar with the products and, potentially, purchase more functional versions or buy support.
First MS states that they can't understand why anybody would right open-source software... then they launch their own web site for doing exactly that!! I guess most people have short attention spans and would not remember anyway.
I don't think MS can embrace and extend the free and open-source movement. It is about freedom and choice, which is contrary to their business model.
You just know that this is another Microsoft ploy. If you cant defeat the OS competition using F.U.D., then pretend to join the OS with a Windoze only version of OS . Go to <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.opensource.org/" target="_newWindow">http://www.opensource.org/</a> to read the real OS definition and decide for yourself if MS meets this definition.
There will be all kinds of strings attached to anything MS does. Bottom line, what requirements are there from MS to use their Free development packets? All MS licenses are subject to change at a moments notice. All to fuel MSs bottom line.
MS must focus certain complimentary tools and software free and keep onto provide such tools as PHP developers get easily.........Market trends are changing and MS must change its attitude now to compete in the market.......Asp.Net is going down in Web Application Development and MS has to do something to uplift it back......and if required why not getting a bit flexible....
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anybody would right open-source software...
then they launch their own web site for doing
exactly that!! I guess most people have short
attention spans and would not remember anyway.
I don't think MS can embrace and extend the
free and open-source movement. It is about
freedom and choice, which is contrary to their
business model.
defeat the OS competition using F.U.D., then pretend to join the
OS with a Windoze only version of OS . Go to
<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.opensource.org/" target="_newWindow">http://www.opensource.org/</a> to read the real OS definition and
decide for yourself if MS meets this definition.
There will be all kinds of strings attached to anything MS does.
Bottom line, what requirements are there from MS to use their
Free development packets? All MS licenses are subject to
change at a moments notice. All to fuel MSs bottom line.