Microsoft has unveiled an open source developer website.

The Codeplex website lets developers "create new projects to share with your fellow developers around the world, join others who have already started their own projects, or use the applications on this site and provide feedback."

There's no Microsoft logo to be seen on the site, except for the copyright and legal disclaimers in the bottom of the page. The company must realise that its logo doesn't sit very well within the open source community.

27 Jun 2006

The website looks like a desperate attempt to get in touch with the open source community rather than an attempt to solve any real world problems. Sadly enough, Codeplex looks very much like a clone of the SourceForge project.

That just makes it a typical Microsoft product: rip off somebody else's idea and claim it as your own. Because why join a large community if you can try and stimulate confusion by creating your own?

Tags: microsoft, sourceforge, Codeplex, open source, developer