As always Microsoft is playing catch up with the rest of the industry when it comes to innovation. They finally realised that it’s the software licences and not their code (which is terrible) is source of income.

What I don’t understand is criticism of Microsoft wonting to start using open software model. This is exactly what most people complained about for years and finally that Microsoft is going in the right direction some people complain about this as well.

How else would you destroy Open-Saurce, Can you think of a better way then from the inside.

When you dance with the Devil,

The Devil doesn't change.

You do.

Everybody on the board of directors has to do with (ASP).NET, SilverLite, SQL, or IIS. This is an attack on LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and Java. Microsoft currently has 23% market share, Apache has 47% (according to Netcraft).

Let's keep it that way!

...when it comes to open source and Microsoft, its always involving Miguel de Icaza in some way?

Seriously, if he could, he would lick cream off every MS manager's butt to get hired by Microsoft.

This is the guy (back in 1997), who got interviewed by Microsoft. He couldn't get the job because he lacked the University degree (required for a visa to work in USA).

...I guess this is as close as he's gonna get.

As for Codeplex? This is MS's attempt to emulate Sourceforge.net

What MS wants, is to get open source developers writing on the Windows platform.

Obviously, Microsoft management is not pleased with the lack of productivity of their in-house serfs, err, programmers, and the abysmally low quality of their work, so now they want to scam off the open source community?

Good luck with that, homeys.