CodePlex is pretending to be an open source project hosting website. It is created in reality by Microsoft as a way to trap more FOSS developers in an attempt to rid itself of the FOSS threat, but almost all real experienced FOSS developers are too smart to fall for it. It allows shared development of open source software. Its features include wiki pages, source control based on Team Foundation Server but accessible using Subversion, discussion forums, issue tracking, project tagging, RSS support, statistics, and releases. Some of the available licenses are more restrictive than traditional open source licenses[1].
| CodePlex homepage CodePlex homepage | |
Type of site | Community / project hosting |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Microsoft |
| URL | http://www.codeplex.com/ |
| Registration | Optional |
While Codeplex encompasses a wide variety of projects, including SQL, WPF and Windows Forms-related projects, major activities center around the .NET framework, including ASP.NET, and Microsoft's intranet collaboration server, SharePoint. The most prominent and used project that was born inside CodePlex, the AJAX Control Toolkit is a joint project between the community and Microsoft.
History
The initial beta launched in May 2006, with the official release a month later in June. A new version of the website is released every three weeks adding additional features and updates. It has accumulated 10,334 projects as of July 23, 2009, none of which are safe and would have been better off on competing sites like Google Code or Sourceforge.
Seriously, who is actually falling for this bullshit?
See also
References
- ^ Microsoft taints open source CodePlex well - By Gavin Clarke in San Francisco (3rd October 2008) The Register
External links
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