http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/tags/Open+Source/default.aspxTags: Open Sourceen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/19/the-story-of-being-beos.aspxThu, 19 Jul 2007 23:28:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3962333jvast2http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/comments/3962333.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3962333http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3962333Way back in 1991 a small company created a new Operating System called BeOS. The timeline is similar to Linux and almost as interesting, but it's a story wrought of high hopes and failure. (Ok, not ultimate failure as it has been newly resurrected as...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/19/the-story-of-being-beos.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3962333" width="1" height="1">Lunch TopicsOpen SourceCommunityOperating SystemsBeOShttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/13/if-its-net-kick-it.aspxSat, 14 Jul 2007 03:48:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3856666jvast1http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/comments/3856666.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3856666http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3856666So this week I came across a cool new site. DotNetKicks.com This last week Gavin Joyce open-sourced the code base and I'd like to help drive traffic to the site. Not because he took the code base Open Source. I like the concept. The concept is similar...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/13/if-its-net-kick-it.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3856666" width="1" height="1">Open Source.NETCommunityhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/03/open-source-and-mono-desklets.aspxWed, 04 Jul 2007 01:06:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3677214jvast6http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/comments/3677214.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3677214http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3677214I run Ubuntu on my main desktop machine at home and I've been watching Mono for quite a while. I was elated when the Microsoft-Novell agreement was put into place this fall because it meant Mono was getting something like an "official stamp of approval"....(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jvast/archive/2007/07/03/open-source-and-mono-desklets.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3677214" width="1" height="1">GPL3MoonLightOpen Source.NETMono