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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Re:Oh yeah? by ArsonSmith · 2009-09-10 06:07 · Score: 0, Redundant

We'll have our own Open Source with BlackJack and Hookers!!! Actually forget the Open Source and BlackJack...

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