On CodePlex, Open Source and Microsoft
"My take, from the trenches, is that CodePlex is Microsoft doing what it has always done: quietly supporting the needs and expressed wishes of our most important customers: developers developers developers developers, the fine folks who write the awesome applications that run on (and by extension, convince people to buy) our platform products."
Talking of matters open source and Microsoft, David Berlind's take on Eric Raymond's call to arms is a great read.
P.S - Blogging this from Missoula, Montana.