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Black Duck (Created by Microsoft Veteran) Adds More Microsoft Veterans by Buying Ohloh

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http://techrights.org – Summary: Black Duck buys Ohloh and we analyse the meaning of it JUST OVER a year ago SourceForge made the mistake of hiring Microsoft alumni by buying Ohloh. The Ohloh acquisition didn't work so well for Free software, for obvious reasons. Another notable company which has some Microsoft roots and focuses on proprietary software development (for tracking free/open source development) is Black Duck (background reading may be required). “The Ohloh acquisition didn’t work so well for Free software, for obvious reasons.”One trend we have been noticing in recent years is that Microsoft (General)

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