Microsoft competing with Code Project? Bye, bye CP
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
Can you imagine the shocked :wtf: :eek: expression in Chris's face, when the recent surge in CP traffic nosedives as traffic moves by the boatload to MS's Workspace, and his life's work X| vanishes in a matter of months, all the while he was supporting Microsoft, his chief competitor. Pick Chris's reaction. :omg: :wtf: X| :eek: :mad: Thanks, Wes
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
SF and GotDotNet workspaces are not places where programming questions are answered. Unlike CodeProject. More to the point, CodeProject is a place where some people are willing to share their personal stuff, AND spend time answering questions, either related or not. So CodeProject makes sense. As it makes content and answers available on a free basis, it is even sexier. That said, Microsoft is on the preliminary .NET evangelization phase, IMHO for the three years to come, and as such CodeProject, Gotdotnet and the like are complimentary tools aiming that purpose. Part of the evangelization process is to make people BELIEVE that it makes more sense than ever to use .NET rather than VB, delphi, C++, ... which I believe is a gratuitous pledge btw.
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
Of all the things MS is thet are not stupid. Competing with CP in effect would have an adverse affect on other MS operations. If anything CP enhaces the MS product range and future. Regardz Colin J Davies
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
Why would MS wanna kill CP? MS must have had at least an extra 5000-10000 VS.NET sales because people bought copies after seeing articles on it from CP. Saying that MS would wanna kill CP is like saying the Pope wants to kill religion. As far as I understand MS would probably try and push CP as much as possible. Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Of all the things MS is thet are not stupid. Competing with CP in effect would have an adverse affect on other MS operations. If anything CP enhaces the MS product range and future. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
Colin Davies wrote: If anything CP enhaces the MS product range and future. Exactly :-) I said the same thing in a post that was posted about a few seconds after you posted this one, Mr. "40 year old" Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Why would MS wanna kill CP? MS must have had at least an extra 5000-10000 VS.NET sales because people bought copies after seeing articles on it from CP. Saying that MS would wanna kill CP is like saying the Pope wants to kill religion. As far as I understand MS would probably try and push CP as much as possible. Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
Nice to see that you are back, Nish.... For a minute, I thought I might be able to catch up to your message count in a few years. Thanks, Wes
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Nice to see that you are back, Nish.... For a minute, I thought I might be able to catch up to your message count in a few years. Thanks, Wes
Wesner Moise wrote: Nice to see that you are back, Nish.... Yup, I am back in the land of Freedom - Trivandrum :-) Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Colin Davies wrote: If anything CP enhaces the MS product range and future. Exactly :-) I said the same thing in a post that was posted about a few seconds after you posted this one, Mr. "40 year old" Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
Nishant S wrote: Mr. "40 year old" Did you know my wife is now sleeping with an old man ? :-) Hey, what's it like to be home ? Regardz Colin J Davies
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Nishant S wrote: Mr. "40 year old" Did you know my wife is now sleeping with an old man ? :-) Hey, what's it like to be home ? Regardz Colin J Davies
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**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
Colin Davies wrote: Did you know my wife is now sleeping with an old man ? Now fancy that :-) Colin Davies wrote: Hey, what's it like to be home ? :jig: Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Nishant S wrote: Mr. "40 year old" Did you know my wife is now sleeping with an old man ? :-) Hey, what's it like to be home ? Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
Colin Davies wrote: my wife is now sleeping with an old man ? You're not old until the only thing that is stiff in the morning when you wake is your back... I'm a bit older than you, but I'm still in no danger of becoming old.:-D
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Wesner Moise wrote: Nice to see that you are back, Nish.... Yup, I am back in the land of Freedom - Trivandrum :-) Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
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Colin Davies wrote: my wife is now sleeping with an old man ? You're not old until the only thing that is stiff in the morning when you wake is your back... I'm a bit older than you, but I'm still in no danger of becoming old.:-D
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus LongThanks Roger. Hey no more sonork ?? :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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Colin Davies wrote: Did you know my wife is now sleeping with an old man ? Now fancy that :-) Colin Davies wrote: Hey, what's it like to be home ? :jig: Nish
"I'm a bit bored at the moment so I'm thinking about writing a new programming language" - Colin Davies My book :- Summer Love and Some more Cricket [New Win] Review by Shog9 Click here for review[NW]
Nice to see you are happy. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
Ah, but what about the soapbox ? :rolleyes: The tigress is here :-D
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
What would be really funny is if you didn't see anything but Linux source code on it. LOL ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
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Can you imagine the shocked :wtf: :eek: expression in Chris's face, when the recent surge in CP traffic nosedives as traffic moves by the boatload to MS's Workspace, and his life's work X| vanishes in a matter of months, all the while he was supporting Microsoft, his chief competitor. Pick Chris's reaction. :omg: :wtf: X| :eek: :mad: Thanks, Wes
Heh, I went to http://www.gotdotnet.com/, and one of the first things that caught my eye was the bright orange advertisement for CodeProject.
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
They'll have to pry my precious from my cold dead fingers. :-D Why should it be a threat?
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
Wesner Moise wrote: How long do you think CP has left? A long, long, long time. As I'm sure you know, Chris and I are in very close contact with Microsoft across a wide array of subjects, and certainly we know and speak with the folks at GotDotNet, asp.net, and MSDN all the time. We've got a pretty good idea what their objectives are, and I don't think we've seen anything in them that's openly competitive with CodeProject. The issue with Sourceforge is that you can only host opensource projects, as in those falling into the standard opensource licensing agreements. Microsoft wanted developers to have more lattitude about the types of projects that could be hosted, and so GotDotNet Workspaces was born. Also. Competition isn't a bad thing. Many people think that exclusivity in a category is a desired thing, and usually it isn't. Nothing excites the interest of the public more than a good fight between competitors. It draws their attention, it interests them in the category, it encourages them to participate. I'd go as far as to say that if you don't have competition, your business model hasn't been validated. Without competition, you may not have a real market. Don't worry we're up for a little competition :-D David
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Wesner Moise wrote: There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? SourceForge hosts and encourages OpenSource projects that perform tasks that mimic and therefore potentially replace Microsoft products. Code Project on the other hand encourages the use of Microsoft technology. I also believe Microsoft in someway sponsors Code Project, so I think it will last for quite a while without being in Microsoft's crosshairs. Michael Martin Australia "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
Agreed, they are more complementary than competitive. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=12200&category=main[^] There is an article I saw in Slashdot about Microsoft competing with SourceForge. I took a step further and saw CP in the crosshairs. How long do you think CP has left? Thanks, Wes
Microsoft's workspaces are very different to what we offer at CodeProject. Did GotDotNet spell the end of community resource sites? Did Workspaces spell the end of SourceFord? We are't concerned in the slightest. cheers, Chris Maunder
