Why isn't there more OpenSource ASP.Net code?

October 8, 2007 08:26 by bert

OpenSouce is taking the world by storm. In case you have been land-locked and have never heard of OpenSource before it is software development by the masses. People create applications and then allow the source code for their app to be visible to anyone. They have the right to take that code and modify it to make it better and use it for whatever they want. The idea is that people will share new revisions to make the world a better place.

For web programmers there are many OpenSource programs out there. You can find just about anything you would like to create on the web in an OpenSource application. Most of these apps are written in PHP which will run well on a windows server if you install Apache and MySQL. But what about the world of ASP.Net developers? Where are the OpenSource solutions for them?

A quick Google on "OpenSource ASP.Net " helps you find some excellent ASP.Net OpenSource products. Unfortunately the list is only about 1/100th the size of OpenSource project involving PHP, Apache, and MySQL. There have been other ASP.Net developers who have started as OpenSource projects and then decided to remove their products from OpenSource and start selling them. It is an unfortunate turn of events.

So where does this lead us? What does the future hold for ASP.Net OpenSource development?  I hope to see a bright future where .Net developers are offering their products in OpenSource to make this a better place to program and have better solutions at our fingertips.


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