I wanted to focus on one of the primary benefits of Open Source as I see it: the talent an Open Source model draws to the application. But before I do, let me swap out a term here to avoid going down Definition Drive again. I’m going to use Rob Howard’s “Shared Source” description for Community Server...

I don't understand how people don't get that Community Server is an Open Source application. Of course it's an Open Source application. Somehow, because there are commercial Add-Ons, paid support options and other professional services available from Telligent, Community Server is somehow tainted and...

I'm not going to call out any particular blogger on this, but there appears to be a lot of bitching and moaning since Jamie Cansdale announced he was going to begin charging for commercial use of TestDriven.NET . I say, get over it. For the record, I don't even use his tool, but I 100% appreciate...

I'm not going to call out any particular blogger on this, but there appears to be a lot of bitching and moaning since Jamie Cansdale announced he was going to begin charging for commercial use of TestDriven.NET . I say, get over it. For the record, I don't even use his tool, but I 100% appreciate...

I tried the forgot my password option and codeplex sent me the email with the link to reset my password. I clicked it and went to the page that let me specify a new password. When I submitted the form it took a long time and eventually just died with no response. (Just aborted the connection, Fiddler...

bsimser has a good writeup on CodePlex and Team Explorer here . It would seem that Team Explorer still works with any TFS. I'm still in shock that MS actually did this. Now I just have to get everything set up and give it a spin. bsimser says that the Team Explorer client comes with TFS. I just finished...

Just found CodePlex . Man this is great news. A hosted TFS site for source control and work item tracking all geared towards open/shared source development. Check out this link for connecting your Team Explorer to CodePlex. Is microsoft going to make a version of team explorer available for free? http...

Can you feel the flamethrowers warming up? :-) Larry O'Brien pointed me to this great SDTimes article "The Changing Face of Open Source" . In the article, Andrew Binstock discusses the challenges in coming up to speed with a complex codebase and contributing real value as a 'volunteer'. He discusses...

I'm a little late on this but “Microsoft published the code for one of its products on an open-source software development Web site late Monday, departing from its hard-line stance against making the underlying components of its technology available to the general public.” Article can be...

I really do. I started using Linux when I founded a small ISP 9 years ago. I've since moved to other adventures but I still use the Linux OS in my production environment for core services like DNS and Mail. I've never thought one OS was better then the other. I believe each has their strengths. I've...