Microsoft Launches CodePlex, a New Collaborative Development Portal
Microsoft Launches CodePlex, a New Collaborative Development Portal
Posted Jun 27, 2006 16:43 UTC (Tue) by Quartz (guest, #35770)Parent article: Microsoft Launches CodePlex, a New Collaborative Development Portal
First, MS states they can't understand why developers would write open-source software... then the put out a website for doing exactly that!
Guess most people have short attention spans and would not remember anyway...
[]s Gus
Posted Jun 27, 2006 17:59 UTC (Tue)
by kirkengaard (guest, #15022)
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CodePlex is about Microsoft, not about the developers. The developers are just the enablers of a PR resource, while they exploit it for what usefulness it has.
Posted Jun 27, 2006 20:58 UTC (Tue)
by emkey (guest, #144)
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One of the things that has made Microsoft a giant is their ability to adapt just enough to maximize their profit while minimizing any impact on their core philosophy.
Sadly, Bill Gates is a really bright and effective businessman. I don't like the guy, but his handling of IBM during the 80's was very impressive.
No, they still can't understand why anyone would write free, open source software. They are, however, willing to embrace the paradigm in a nominal sense, and extend it to their benefit. They see that people are willing to write software and share code, and they see openness becoming a market value. They are willing to incorporate open development into their image so that people can play with MS development tools to potentially benefit MS, essentially for free, while they look less objectionable because they can point to how they benefit the community.Microsoft Launches CodePlex, a New Collaborative Development Portal
A bit more then a decade ago you could substitute "use the internet" for "write free, open source software", etc.Microsoft Launches CodePlex, a New Collaborative Development Portal