Among the changes is a new feature allowing visitors to view source code directly on the site, without downloading files to their PCs. The simplified, online source-code viewing was the single ...

Microsoft’s new CodePlex Foundation has serious flaws to correct if it wants to become a credible force in the open source industry, and attract a diverse collection of developers and participants, ...

We mined Microsoft’s open source hosting repository to unearth 12 invaluable Windows admin tools -- and they're all free While it may seem antithetical to Microsoft’s image, free open source tools ...

In response to criticism from a leading expert on forming consortia, the interim president of Microsoft’s CodePlex Foundation, Sam Ramji, says the open source group is in a “beta” phase for its first ...

Built on Microsoft's .Net platform and incorporating its recently released Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, CodePlex is intended to house both Microsoft-initiated projects and those created by ...

Responding to user demand, Microsoft now allows projects using its CodePlex open source code repository to use the increasingly popular Git version control system built by Linux creator Linus Torvalds ...

Microsoft's CodePlex hosting service will now support the use of git version control system, an acknowledgment of the enormous popularity of Linus Torvalds' creation.