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Microsoft Puts SourceForge Clone Into Beta
M$ Mole writes "Microsoft is working hard to build their .NET community and has released the beta of an online software project management site. The service being provided is very similar to SF.net, but problems are arising around Microsoft's license, which (originally) granted all rights to the software place on the server to Microsoft. MS has back-pedaled a bit since their 'beta' license and is working on a new, more "acceptable" license."
One wonders if there is really a community of MS developers older than 13 years old who would give away thier software anyway.
I live in a giant bucket.
Microsoft Corporation is proud to announce their acquisition on October 10th, 2002 of VA Linux Systems and its associated propaganda wing, OSDN.
I can't understand why microsoft isn't taking a more pro-active role to defend the rights of content providers in today's online world. Why shouldn't Microsoft, in exchange for providing a high-reliability service for .NET developers using the Microsoft .NET framework to create dynamic applications, be given some rights in return? I for one hope Microsoft reconsiders this decision, since it could set a nasty precedent for all future providers of online services. Indeed, if there's one problem with Microsoft these days, its that they go too far to address customer desires, no matter how ridiculous.
There should be a law against encouraging VB programmer's to get together.
It's not like Microsoft would ever abuse them, or you. You don't really need to own software do you? Microsoft will license it you at a very reasonable fee, even if you wrote it yourself! And we all know that non Microsoft licnesed software is bad...
Actually, women do outnumber men on the MS campus site in Redmond.
Official figures from MS financial disclosures (earlier this year, they probably haven't changed much) are
Women : 14987
Men : 14854
Other : 2
Isn't it going to be hard to collaberate on closed source projects? :-)
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Anybody else notice that the word "Microsoft" appears in four of today's front-page headlines? And that "Linux" appears on two?
Offtopic, maybe, but maybe somebody should keep an eye on this "Microsoft" company. They seem to be extending their monopoly.
Umm, is it me, or is _everyone_ ripping off the "Got Milk?" campaigns? Can I please see the american dairy farmers association (ADFA) sue M$? Please?!? Microsoft is stealing the "look and feel" of "got milk" adds with "gotdotnet!"
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When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi. (Larry Wall)
Sqeeeeeeeeeeez.
[evil thought]
I think I'll host a few GPL licensed projects on their servers, and hope MS incorporates the source into their own code base. Then I can sue them for everything they have and take over the world!!
muahahaha
Go not unto/. for advice, for you will be told both yea and nay (but have nothing to do with the question)
In other news, M$ renamed their project management site to www.got/dotnet.com after the site was heavily /.ed. "The / also represnts the split that /. brought to the site and we're learning from our mistakes", said Miss.Laura Hurlton, M$ spokeswoman who is also a stock photos model...
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7. DRMBreak 4.2
6. AutoUpdateBlocking 3.5
5. GenerateNewLicenseAfterReconfig 4.6
4. PutTheRegistryBackIntoSaneState 2.2
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I didn't realize that there was a central place where I can host my projects (scripts) and get collaboration on how effective they can be.
A few of my fellow tweens can now help me out in naming my next vir^H^H^Hscript ...
On a serious note, I really hope they host this site with IIS.
Karma? Karma? I don't need no stinkin' karma.
First, that's a very nice, PC pan-ethnic logo they've got there.
.NET?"
Second, I'm not sure that using the phrase "workspace" is the greatest choice. Looking at Metrowerks' package design or the name "Sourceforge" gives you a neat, romanticized image of some code artist beating away on a big piece of iron, forging something new. Its designed to appear attractive to the person doing the work, not his manager -- not MS's strong point. "Workspaces"? Might appeal to the corporate world, but in the hobbyist market, out to write some good code and have fun, I think they're missing the mark.
Third, the terminology is once again corporate: "aply to join a Workspace"..."owner, administrator, and member"
Fourth, the liberal use of "sharing source" (Microsoft's favorite term) rather than "opening source" on the site is quite prominent -- "planning on sharing the source code".
Fifth, more MS-style favorite words -- "integrate" and prominent mention of Visual Studio: "How will Workspaces integrate with Visual Studio
Sixth, why the hell does MS distribute all their documentation in Word format? So they made it in-house...big deal. I don't use Excel to write research papers -- it's the wrong tool. Word, with macro viruses, no font embedding, security issues, large file sizes and import issues with different versions of the software, is a really crummy "publication format". It makes sense in MS-centric workgroups for exchange of documents in progress, but not for final copies.
Seventh, the damn thing is already Slashdotted.
May we never see th
http://www.gotdotnet.com/error.aspx?aspxerrorpath= /team/workspaces/faq/Default.aspx
Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.
[etc]
Wow! Microsoft have two great advertisements for their superiority over other technologies in oen day.
BAISIANNBALA = "But Again I State I Am Not (Not Being a Lawyer) Accurate"?
Did I win anything?
Does anyone have a Passport account I can use? I am supprised to see that no one has posted the slashdot passport account info, like they usually do for the NY Times. I want to create a few projects, but I have heard that having a Passport account is insecure and that it even could be taking the mark of the beast. So, if anyone has one they could share, I would like to add a few projects like:
Windows YP - A lightweight Windows Replacement that only crashes once a week
Winzilla - An IE replacement written entirely in VB (It is very fast)
Inlook - An Outlook replacement that is guarrantied to only have 5 major security holes / month
Ipache - An IIS replacement which is only compatible with Winzilla clients
Thanks.