Two related links:

"The CodePlex Foundation: First Impressions (and Recommendations)" by Andy Updegrove http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2009091401835NWMSDV

"Can Microsoft Ever Be Accepted...

See what FOSS does?

This ownership stuff makes me want to cry.

[I apologize for my narrow-focus and extreme sensitivity, in other words.]

The concept of "forgiveness" comes after the entity makes amends. Microsoft hasn't stopped their attacks, much less turned the clock back. [Think of the ending scenes of the movie Schindler's List...

>> a place that has been known to be cold and unforgiving?

The open source world shares or did you forget that?

Have you forgotten which company holds the monopolies and closed source so they...