CodePlex Foundation Now Outercurve
Sep 29, 2010, 01:33 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)
[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
"What's in a name?
"For the open source CodePlex Foundation, which shared a name
with Microsoft's CodePlex project hosting site, its name was a
potential source of confusion.
"The CodePlex Foundation is a Microsoft sponsored open source
effort, though the goal is to have a broader base than just
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). As such the CodePlex Foundation is now
changing its name to the Outercurve Foundation in an effort to help
differentiate and move the initiative forward.
""The aim of the rebrand is to reduce confusion, which mainly
stems from having the same name as the CodePlex forge," Paula
Hunter executive director of the Outercurve Foundation told
InternetNews.com. "There have been too many points when what the
foundation did and what the forge did were not attributed to the
correct entity.""
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