Microsoft Launches Its Own Open Source Foundation

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Microsoft Launches Its Own Open Source Foundation

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 10, 2009 @05:58AM from the said-the-spider-to-the-fly dept.

darthcamaro writes "Microsoft already had its own open source (OSI-approved) licenses, its own open source project hosting site and now it's adding its own non-profit open source foundation. That's right, the company that is still banging the patent drum against open source now has its own 501(c)(6) open source foundation. Officially called the CodePlex Foundation, it's a separate effort from the CodePlex site and is aimed at helping to get more commercial developers involved in open source. Considering how they continue to attack Linux and open source, will anyone take them seriously?"

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trap by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-10 06:00 · Score: 4, Funny

It's a trap, don't give them your code!
1. Re:trap by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-10 06:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  embiggen?
2. Re:trap by Adelbert · 2009-09-10 06:46 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  embiggen?
  That's a perfectly cromulent ending, but I think AC was going for "extinguish".
3. Re:trap by stilldead · 2009-09-10 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I thought he was going for all your code are belong to us.
  
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4. Re:trap by dwiget001 · 2009-09-10 09:55 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I think Microsoft, for public relations purposes, needs to update the 3 E's (Embrace - Extend - Extinguish), to something more warm and fuzzy, and at the same time, descriptive of what they actually do:
  Hug (you know, like you hug the one you love).
  Stretch (like you do when you get ready for a good work out).
  Cut Off Air Supply (like Netscape).
  New acronym to HSCOAS - to be pronounced Husk-o-a$$.
5. Re:trap by selven · 2009-09-10 12:09 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Wait, mod point martyrdom finally backfired for once? Send out the fireworks!
6. Re:trap by TaoPhoenix · 2009-09-10 23:51 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  "Cut Off Air Supply (like Netscape)."
  Do they have agreements with Gordon Russell and Russell Hitchcock as well ??!!!
  
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Wait a sec... by wumpus188 · 2009-09-10 06:02 · Score: 4, Funny

Are we in Soviet Russia now?
1. Re:Wait a sec... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2009-09-10 06:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No, my brother, Soviet Russia is in you now.
  
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Oh yeah? by Zarf · 2009-09-10 06:02 · Score: 5, Funny

we'll make our *own* Open Source only ours will be better and it'll have beer and hookers! Ha! Forget the beer and hookers! ... wait ... that's not how that goes...

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1. Re:Oh yeah? by iceOlate · 2009-09-10 06:15 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Open Source Hookers, while they may be free, come with open sores...
2. Re:Oh yeah? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-10 06:22 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I try to avoid the girls with open sores. Though ironically a trojan can actually protect you from malware and viruses.
3. Re:Oh yeah? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-10 06:33 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Only if you distribute her do you have to share the changes.
  noob
Re:Linux is only for special use cases by ArsenneLupin · 2009-09-10 06:15 · Score: 2, Funny

At least the CodePlex folks didn't skimp on the astroturfing budget.
Windows BSD by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-10 06:29 · Score: 1, Funny

Windows has always been under a BSD license... I've seen it all over the place
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death
Lurking in the inky blackness of the void... by paiute · 2009-09-10 06:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Remember that butt ugly fish with a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth that lives way down deep and has a worm-like appendage that dances tantalizingly just in front of its mouth? That's what I thought of when I read this story.

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Re:Jealousy by tepples · 2009-09-10 06:46 · Score: 3, Funny

and how much is XCode?
$600, but it comes with a free computer.
My guess by neiras · 2009-09-10 07:17 · Score: 5, Funny

MS is tying up traffic in Seattle today to bring all of their people together in one of the city's sports stadiums. Anybody know if that is the usual monkey-boy chair toss or is something up?
The stage is dark. Suddenly, a catchy theme pours from the speakers. It's... could it be... YES! Rick Astley! The crowd groans uncomfortably.
One of the screens showing the Microsoft logo goes blue. "Stop 0x0000000A or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL".
Steve Ballmer appears through a fine mist of perspiration twisted into delicate symmetrical whorls by an army of desperate interns, hair dryers in hand, all aiming at his armpits from just offstage. The humidity in the room increases by an order of magnitude.
"Seven, Seven, Seven! GIVE IT UP FOR ME!"
The stage erupts in blue flame. Mystical symbols are traced on the faces of aghast onlookers as Crawzogorium, the Infernal Keeper Of Ring 0 materializes above the podium.
"WHO DARES SUMMON THE MASTER OF THE HIERARCHICAL PROTECTION DOMAINS?"
Crawzogorium notices the bluescreen. "TAINT! WHO HAS DISREGARDED MY LAW OF KERNEL PROCESS ACCESS? I WILL PUNISH YOU NOW!"
The light in the rooms fades to a dark brown, and a tortured scream is heard. It's Ballmer. His interns have dropped their hair dryers and fled the scene. He's fallen to his knees and is scrubbing at his underarm area with the tatters of his shirt.
Things look bleak for our hero and his audience? How will it all end? Tune in next post!
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Re:Here we go again by Anonymous Coward · 2009-09-10 08:29 · Score: 1, Funny

Considering how you continue to attack people who are fucking stupid, will anyone take you seriously?
Windows Vista Source Code by t3chn0n3rd · 2009-09-10 09:27 · Score: 1, Funny

Wow is there a website that has Vista source code. I would love to get my hands on vista source code