Am I the only one that has noticed a disturbing trend going on with the .net open source projects? Instead of them being supported by developer community, Microsoft is hiring the developers that created them like they are going out of style.
Sure, at the moment it looks like it could be a good thing, but in the end is the source code being owned by Microsoft or will they still be truly open source?
It first started out out with Jon Lam with his Ruby port to .net. Then Phil Haack with SubText and finally Rob Conery with SubSonic.
I guess I find it a bit ironic that these Open Source developers would have no problem drinking the kool-aid so easily. Don’t get me wrong I think its great that they are working at Microsoft, they need to make a living.
I put this way, its like a politician who’s a Democratic one day, is now running as a Republican because someone gave them some money. However they are still able to be continue their liberal agenda. Would this not seem a little strange to you?
These are definitely strange times we live in.
