Microsoft competing with Code Project? Bye, bye CP
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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
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Thanks Roger. Hey no more sonork ?? :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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Colin Davies wrote: no more sonork ?? Huh? I've just got it shut down while installing some software, if that's what you mean...
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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
Not likely! Without CP, Microsoft would have a much harder time selling its products. CodeProject provides the tech support that MS should have been providing for the past 10 years.
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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
So confident are you? Thanks, Wes
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Agreed, they are more complementary than competitive. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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So confident are you? Thanks, Wes
You're questioning his confidence toward it succeeding, yet you don't question your own confidence towards it failing?
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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
Wesner Moise wrote: Pick Chris's reaction. :omg::wtf: X| :eek::mad: :laugh: Couldn't help it. I mean, that's my reaction to your poll. No offense meant to Chris, tho'.
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You know what is even worse? LG have started making toasters with a CPU in them. you can surf the internet from your toaster and have the toaster burn your email into the bread (so you can read your email in bed, clever huh?) Obviously this means the end of Compaq, Dell, GateWay and all the other poor saps making computers. Such a pity, but anyway. i.e. Errr, no, CP is not doomed, threatened or about to collapse to it's knees.
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