Shaun Walker, chief architect and co-founder at open source vendor, DotNetNuke, defended his decision to join the interim board of directors of the Microsoft-sponsored CodePlex project.

Microsoft is Microsoft. The Codex Foundation claims that it 'will complement existing open source foundations and organizations, providing a forum in which best practices and shared understanding can be established by a broad group of participants, both software companies and open source communities.' I don't believe it for a minute.

Just as Microsoft has being accused of playing dirty over sales tactics and patents, the software company has launched its first open source organization. The CodePlex Foundation aims to act as a liason between commercial enterprises and open source developers and communities while increasing open source participation, says the foundation.

OpenSUSE is down for the weekend and there are no proper fallbacks

Novell discovers what it's like to work with a "partner" like Microsoft now that Novell employees are left to make Microsoft hooks work

Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin issued a scathing condemnation of Microsoft's recent attempts to unload Linux-related patents to patent trolls. He calls for the company to 'stop secretly attacking Linux' and compete on the basis of quality rather than FUD.

Just days after being accused of attempting to unleash potentially harmful Linux-related patents to find their way into the hands of patent trolls, Microsoft is now slated to announce its founding of a new foundation to support open source software.