What�s this �CoApp� all about?

“Last week, I blog’d about a new open source project that I’ve
launched called “CoApp” (The Common Opensource Application
Publishing Platform). As I’ve mentioned on the project site, “CoApp
aims to create a vibrant Open Source ecosystem on Windows by
providing the technologies needed to build a complete
community-driven Package Management System, along with tools to
enable developers to take advantage of features of the Windows
platform.”

“Ugh—a mouthful—and all chocked full of them shiny
marketing words.(Uh.. yeah, I know wrote that.).

“So, what does that mean?

“Well, while Windows provides some pretty good stuff for
packaging applications in the form of Windows Installer* technology
(aka “MSI”), the down side is that the open source community hasn’t
really picked it up in the same way that they have picked up
packaging on other platforms where they create repositories and
distributions of software, and so we’re missing out on having these
nice, consistent collections of all these great open source apps.
That’s where I really want to be.”

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