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OK boys and girls, gather round... A long, long time ago, back when the world was newer and the grass was greener and internet stocks were on speed, a young man named Zafir Anjum started a website to host chapters of a book he was writing. The site soon became known as the MFC Programmer's Sourcebook and it was Good. Soon, a few caring, sharing, and, in my case, easily distractable people started sending Zafir whitepapers to complement the chapters he had posted, and the site grew. As it grew, more people used his site, and more people contributed. One day it all grew so big that Zafir decided to change the name to CodeGuru and bring a few of us on board properly in order to spread the load and make the site Better. Life was good. The birds chirped each morning, developers read the site, participated in the forums, and sent angry email about broken links. I was running the day-to-day site business while Zafir fed the gnomes running the backend system. And the site grew. Soon Tom Archer came on board to help take some more of the load. There were also about 20 volunteers in varying degrees of busyness handling article submissions. Developers developed, authors submitted, advertisers advertised and links were broken. Then in July 1999 the EarthWeb machinery appeared and swallowed the site. Zafir went back home to India for some rest while the rest of us milled around, gnashing our teeth and wringing our hands now that we had been locked out of the site and could no longer post submissions or fix broken links. There was much wailing. After 3 months David Cunningham and I decided that there had been too much wailing and too much gnashing and so hunkered down and, pebble by pebble, started building a new site. It would be what we always dreamed could be done. It would be fun. It would be comprehensive. It would be running on flaky Windows servers instead of robust Linux servers. And it would be Orange. That day, November 15, 1999, CodeTools was born. Then we discovered CodeTools was trademarked so 2 weeks later CodeProject was born. Or reborn. Or renamed. Or whatever. cheers, Chris Maunder
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And this time the mean, mean EarthWeb lost. Muwahahaha! ;) Jeremy Falcon
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OK boys and girls, gather round... A long, long time ago, back when the world was newer and the grass was greener and internet stocks were on speed, a young man named Zafir Anjum started a website to host chapters of a book he was writing. The site soon became known as the MFC Programmer's Sourcebook and it was Good. Soon, a few caring, sharing, and, in my case, easily distractable people started sending Zafir whitepapers to complement the chapters he had posted, and the site grew. As it grew, more people used his site, and more people contributed. One day it all grew so big that Zafir decided to change the name to CodeGuru and bring a few of us on board properly in order to spread the load and make the site Better. Life was good. The birds chirped each morning, developers read the site, participated in the forums, and sent angry email about broken links. I was running the day-to-day site business while Zafir fed the gnomes running the backend system. And the site grew. Soon Tom Archer came on board to help take some more of the load. There were also about 20 volunteers in varying degrees of busyness handling article submissions. Developers developed, authors submitted, advertisers advertised and links were broken. Then in July 1999 the EarthWeb machinery appeared and swallowed the site. Zafir went back home to India for some rest while the rest of us milled around, gnashing our teeth and wringing our hands now that we had been locked out of the site and could no longer post submissions or fix broken links. There was much wailing. After 3 months David Cunningham and I decided that there had been too much wailing and too much gnashing and so hunkered down and, pebble by pebble, started building a new site. It would be what we always dreamed could be done. It would be fun. It would be comprehensive. It would be running on flaky Windows servers instead of robust Linux servers. And it would be Orange. That day, November 15, 1999, CodeTools was born. Then we discovered CodeTools was trademarked so 2 weeks later CodeProject was born. Or reborn. Or renamed. Or whatever. cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: Then in July 1999 the EarthWeb machinery appeared and swallowed the site. Zafir went back home to India I always thought that Zafir gave the thing to Earthweb 'cause was overwhelmed (or tired or spooked) by the thing he created, but this version might be interpreted differently... <- three very deliberate insinuating dots
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OK boys and girls, gather round... A long, long time ago, back when the world was newer and the grass was greener and internet stocks were on speed, a young man named Zafir Anjum started a website to host chapters of a book he was writing. The site soon became known as the MFC Programmer's Sourcebook and it was Good. Soon, a few caring, sharing, and, in my case, easily distractable people started sending Zafir whitepapers to complement the chapters he had posted, and the site grew. As it grew, more people used his site, and more people contributed. One day it all grew so big that Zafir decided to change the name to CodeGuru and bring a few of us on board properly in order to spread the load and make the site Better. Life was good. The birds chirped each morning, developers read the site, participated in the forums, and sent angry email about broken links. I was running the day-to-day site business while Zafir fed the gnomes running the backend system. And the site grew. Soon Tom Archer came on board to help take some more of the load. There were also about 20 volunteers in varying degrees of busyness handling article submissions. Developers developed, authors submitted, advertisers advertised and links were broken. Then in July 1999 the EarthWeb machinery appeared and swallowed the site. Zafir went back home to India for some rest while the rest of us milled around, gnashing our teeth and wringing our hands now that we had been locked out of the site and could no longer post submissions or fix broken links. There was much wailing. After 3 months David Cunningham and I decided that there had been too much wailing and too much gnashing and so hunkered down and, pebble by pebble, started building a new site. It would be what we always dreamed could be done. It would be fun. It would be comprehensive. It would be running on flaky Windows servers instead of robust Linux servers. And it would be Orange. That day, November 15, 1999, CodeTools was born. Then we discovered CodeTools was trademarked so 2 weeks later CodeProject was born. Or reborn. Or renamed. Or whatever. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Paul Charles wrote: still going have to go someway to beat codeproject. In one viewpoint yes, but codeproject would face a massive exodus if codeguru would pay authors a few bucks for each submission.
I think it would mainly drain the - no insult intended - "lower end". To me it seems many of the top article providers have a well paying day time job, and use code project to exercise their idea of "free software".
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...it was the one great site. Those who remember should not forget.
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Ok, it's been a while since I've done the whole poem thing, so here's one dedicated to CP and Chris M. (I hope this is taken in good humor). :) Now I lay me down to sleep, I hope like hell my servers keep. If they should fail before I wake, I pray to Bob my site won't flake. Jeremy Falcon
5! cheers, Chris Maunder
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OK boys and girls, gather round... A long, long time ago, back when the world was newer and the grass was greener and internet stocks were on speed, a young man named Zafir Anjum started a website to host chapters of a book he was writing. The site soon became known as the MFC Programmer's Sourcebook and it was Good. Soon, a few caring, sharing, and, in my case, easily distractable people started sending Zafir whitepapers to complement the chapters he had posted, and the site grew. As it grew, more people used his site, and more people contributed. One day it all grew so big that Zafir decided to change the name to CodeGuru and bring a few of us on board properly in order to spread the load and make the site Better. Life was good. The birds chirped each morning, developers read the site, participated in the forums, and sent angry email about broken links. I was running the day-to-day site business while Zafir fed the gnomes running the backend system. And the site grew. Soon Tom Archer came on board to help take some more of the load. There were also about 20 volunteers in varying degrees of busyness handling article submissions. Developers developed, authors submitted, advertisers advertised and links were broken. Then in July 1999 the EarthWeb machinery appeared and swallowed the site. Zafir went back home to India for some rest while the rest of us milled around, gnashing our teeth and wringing our hands now that we had been locked out of the site and could no longer post submissions or fix broken links. There was much wailing. After 3 months David Cunningham and I decided that there had been too much wailing and too much gnashing and so hunkered down and, pebble by pebble, started building a new site. It would be what we always dreamed could be done. It would be fun. It would be comprehensive. It would be running on flaky Windows servers instead of robust Linux servers. And it would be Orange. That day, November 15, 1999, CodeTools was born. Then we discovered CodeTools was trademarked so 2 weeks later CodeProject was born. Or reborn. Or renamed. Or whatever. cheers, Chris Maunder
Thanks for taking the time to tell us this Chris. I'd also like to thank you (Chris Maunder), David Cunningham, and everyone else who has contributed to CodeProject in making it the site that it is today. Fantastic job! To everyone else, I think the best way to show your appreciation and support for CodeProject is to continue to submit quality articles and your knowledge in the message boards. Let's help make this site even better.
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I always thought CodeProject was fairly young. I assumed it started when Chris Maunder, who was a moderator at CodeGuru I believe, left that site which I think was about 1999. Am I wrong? How old is CodeProject anyways?
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Ok, it's been a while since I've done the whole poem thing, so here's one dedicated to CP and Chris M. (I hope this is taken in good humor). :) Now I lay me down to sleep, I hope like hell my servers keep. If they should fail before I wake, I pray to Bob my site won't flake. Jeremy Falcon
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5! cheers, Chris Maunder
:-D Jeremy Falcon
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I didn't know you could say poem. :-D Mazy "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." - Bob Hope
I have my moments of weakness. :-O Jeremy Falcon
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I think it would mainly drain the - no insult intended - "lower end". To me it seems many of the top article providers have a well paying day time job, and use code project to exercise their idea of "free software".
Flirt harder, I'm a Coder
mlog || Agile Programming | doxygenpeterchen wrote: To me it seems many of the top article providers have a well paying day time job I completely agree. For me, it's more along the lines of giving back to the communtiy I learned from rather than making $5. Jeremy Falcon
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Ok, it's been a while since I've done the whole poem thing, so here's one dedicated to CP and Chris M. (I hope this is taken in good humor). :) Now I lay me down to sleep, I hope like hell my servers keep. If they should fail before I wake, I pray to Bob my site won't flake. Jeremy Falcon
Were you by any chance listening to Metallica - Sandman, or watching Nightmare on Elmstreet, when you wrote this? :rolleyes: :-D -- So let's just walk from place to place, as long as we don't talk face to face.
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Were you by any chance listening to Metallica - Sandman, or watching Nightmare on Elmstreet, when you wrote this? :rolleyes: :-D -- So let's just walk from place to place, as long as we don't talk face to face.
Nope it was some CPians talking about it being a nice bedtime story that spawned that one. However, I think I'll go listen to Metallica now. :) Jeremy Falcon
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I think it would mainly drain the - no insult intended - "lower end". To me it seems many of the top article providers have a well paying day time job, and use code project to exercise their idea of "free software".
Flirt harder, I'm a Coder
mlog || Agile Programming | doxygenpeterchen wrote: I think it would mainly drain the - no insult intended - "lower end". I would have agreed until last year. Since then, most articles that gets in are rubbish.
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Ok, it's been a while since I've done the whole poem thing, so here's one dedicated to CP and Chris M. (I hope this is taken in good humor). :) Now I lay me down to sleep, I hope like hell my servers keep. If they should fail before I wake, I pray to Bob my site won't flake. Jeremy Falcon
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I'm on call this weekend. I hope you don't mind me saying this prayer. I will, of course, give credit where it is deserved if God should answer.
Brian Gideon wrote: I hope you don't mind me saying this prayer. Feel free, it's open source. :) Jeremy Falcon
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Looks like Earthweb have finally got round to updating www.codeguru.com, still going have to go someway to beat codeproject. Especially in regards to how often articles appear and the quality of their formatting
Definitely seems a little more navigatable and easier to read.
Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
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OK boys and girls, gather round... A long, long time ago, back when the world was newer and the grass was greener and internet stocks were on speed, a young man named Zafir Anjum started a website to host chapters of a book he was writing. The site soon became known as the MFC Programmer's Sourcebook and it was Good. Soon, a few caring, sharing, and, in my case, easily distractable people started sending Zafir whitepapers to complement the chapters he had posted, and the site grew. As it grew, more people used his site, and more people contributed. One day it all grew so big that Zafir decided to change the name to CodeGuru and bring a few of us on board properly in order to spread the load and make the site Better. Life was good. The birds chirped each morning, developers read the site, participated in the forums, and sent angry email about broken links. I was running the day-to-day site business while Zafir fed the gnomes running the backend system. And the site grew. Soon Tom Archer came on board to help take some more of the load. There were also about 20 volunteers in varying degrees of busyness handling article submissions. Developers developed, authors submitted, advertisers advertised and links were broken. Then in July 1999 the EarthWeb machinery appeared and swallowed the site. Zafir went back home to India for some rest while the rest of us milled around, gnashing our teeth and wringing our hands now that we had been locked out of the site and could no longer post submissions or fix broken links. There was much wailing. After 3 months David Cunningham and I decided that there had been too much wailing and too much gnashing and so hunkered down and, pebble by pebble, started building a new site. It would be what we always dreamed could be done. It would be fun. It would be comprehensive. It would be running on flaky Windows servers instead of robust Linux servers. And it would be Orange. That day, November 15, 1999, CodeTools was born. Then we discovered CodeTools was trademarked so 2 weeks later CodeProject was born. Or reborn. Or renamed. Or whatever. cheers, Chris Maunder
Thanks, Chris!:-D It's nice to know The Legend at last. Heard in Bullhead City - "You haven't lost your girl -
you've just lost your turn..." [sigh] So true...