Microsoft’s foray into open source territory has advanced to the next level, as the company founded the CodePlex open source foundation. With the mission to enable “the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities,” the CodePlex Foundation debuted on Septem... |
11 September 2009
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WikiPlex is a wiki engine designed to integrate seamlessly into applications build with the .NET framework. Furthermore, it is none other than the wiki engine that Microsoft is using for its Cloud-based repository of open source projects, CodePlex. In this regard, developers that want to leverage CodePlex's wiki... |
30 July 2009
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There's nothing like the volume of projects and the sheer traffic statistics to prove that Microsoft's repository for open-source projects is a success. Over the past weekend CodePlex managed to pass the 10,000 mark when it comes down to the total number of projects hosted by the Redmond company. But at the... |
8 July 2009
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How do you decide that a software product is indeed ready for the customers? Well, the Acceptance Test Engineering Guide is a good place to start. As of June 30, the Beta version of the Volume I of the Acceptance Test Engineering Guide (Jun 30, 2009) is live on CodePlex and now available for download. Microsoft indic... |
1 July 2009
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Microsoft has bridged its open-source project hosting website with the Black Duck repository for open-source projects. In this regard, the Redmond company informed that CodePlex content would automatically make its way into the Black Duck KnowledgeBase. On top of this, CodePlex projects would also be offered as resul... |
20 May 2009
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Microsoft has a long history of rivaling open source, a history that is now seeing the company increasingly warming up to the competitive technology and business model. An illustrative example in this context is the Microsoft Open Source Club, a project that made its debut on the software giant's repository for ... |
9 March 2009
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Microsoft's open source project repository has been a smashing success considering the statistics associated with the website for 2008. CodePlex, designed to streamline the building of an open source project community by offering free hosting and the adjacent sharing and collaboration infrastructure, e... |
27 January 2009
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The bits for Network Monitor 3.2 went live in mid-September 2008, and following the release of the latest version, Microsoft has also overhauled the parser management. Paul Long from the NetMon team indicated that the parsers were revamped in order to support upgrades and, in this context, a new project was launched ... |
10 November 2008
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Although Microsoft and open source are two items situated by default at the opposite poles of the software environment, the Redmond company is increasingly breaking down the boundaries associated with its proprietary business model. The software giant's open source project hosting website is drawing in in excess... |
7 August 2008
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Microsoft is undeniably embracing open source more and more, from its interoperability initiatives to its open source lab and to the integration of alternative development practices into its own model of building proprietary software. One aspect of the Redmond giant's new found focus on open source is the creati... |
10 June 2008
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As far as Microsoft is concerned, the availability of the source code and open source solutions are an integral part of the same recipe. The Redmond company proved this point as it pulled down the Sandcastle project from its open source project hosting web site: CodePlex. The move came following complaints indicating... |
9 June 2008
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Although Windows Server 2008 (RTM expected in February) and SQL Server 2008 (RTM expected in Q3 2008) are yet to be released to manufacturing in light of the fast approaching Heroes Happen Here launch in Los Angeles on February 27, 2008, Visual Studio 2008 is ready and set to go. The 2008 edition of Microsoft's ... |
29 January 2008
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There's a new Windows Live Platform Quick Application in town, and available for download via CodePlex. But, do not confuse a Windows Live Platform Quick Application with an actual application. What Microsoft is delivering through CodePlex is the source code for the experimental Tafiti search front-end. As the c... |
19 December 2007
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