Comments on: Microsoft vs. Jamie Cansdale http://jameskovacs.com/2007/05/31/microsoft-vs-jamie-cansdale/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Aridane http://jameskovacs.com/2007/05/31/microsoft-vs-jamie-cansdale/comment-page-1/#comment-24449 Aridane Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:21:11 +0000 http://jameskovacs.com/2007/06/01/Microsoft+Vs+Jamie+Cansdale#comment-24449 You have NUnit in express using the extension manager, so you can have *FREE* TDD addins in VS Express. But you can't *SELL* an addin for the free express versions. Microsoft is not trying to protect the professional versions of visual studio but their vs professional customers. There is a big market around visual studio extensibility. Popfly is also free. You have NUnit in express using the extension manager, so you can have *FREE* TDD addins in VS Express.
But you can’t *SELL* an addin for the free express versions. Microsoft is not trying to protect the professional versions of visual studio but their vs professional customers. There is a big market around visual studio extensibility.
Popfly is also free.

]]> By: Martin Scheffer http://jameskovacs.com/2007/05/31/microsoft-vs-jamie-cansdale/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Martin Scheffer Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:13:37 +0000 http://jameskovacs.com/2007/06/01/Microsoft+Vs+Jamie+Cansdale#comment-197 If they don't want Express to be extensible, then WHY IS IT ? this makes no sense at all, if they want to be the only ones to extend it they should use undocumented API's If they don’t want Express to be extensible, then WHY IS IT ?

this makes no sense at all, if they want to be the only ones to extend it they should use undocumented API’s

]]> By: James Kovacs http://jameskovacs.com/2007/05/31/microsoft-vs-jamie-cansdale/comment-page-1/#comment-196 James Kovacs Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:46:47 +0000 http://jameskovacs.com/2007/06/01/Microsoft+Vs+Jamie+Cansdale#comment-196 I did read the whole email chain. Assuming that Jamie is being completely forthcoming (and only Jamie, Jason Weber, and possibly Grant Drake know for sure), I find it strange that he was asked to disable functionality because it violated license terms, but was not told for a year which exact terms he was violating. If JetBrains came to me today and demanded that I stop distributing VstsUnit Plug-in for ReSharper because it violated the ReSharper license agreement, don't you think I would want to know exactly which terms I was violating? I think that Jamie took some inflammatory actions (re-enabling Express support) that could have been handled better. Still I don't envy his position of facing down the Microsoft legal juggernaut as a lone individual, whether he is right or wrong in his interpretation of the Express EULA. As for Microsoft being able to extend their free product any way they like, isn't that what got them into hot water with the DoJ and European Union? The fact that there is a (real or perceived) uneven playing field between Microsoft and third-party developers in which APIs are available for use? I did read the whole email chain. Assuming that Jamie is being completely forthcoming (and only Jamie, Jason Weber, and possibly Grant Drake know for sure), I find it strange that he was asked to disable functionality because it violated license terms, but was not told for a year which exact terms he was violating. If JetBrains came to me today and demanded that I stop distributing VstsUnit Plug-in for ReSharper because it violated the ReSharper license agreement, don’t you think I would want to know exactly which terms I was violating? I think that Jamie took some inflammatory actions (re-enabling Express support) that could have been handled better. Still I don’t envy his position of facing down the Microsoft legal juggernaut as a lone individual, whether he is right or wrong in his interpretation of the Express EULA.

As for Microsoft being able to extend their free product any way they like, isn’t that what got them into hot water with the DoJ and European Union? The fact that there is a (real or perceived) uneven playing field between Microsoft and third-party developers in which APIs are available for use?

]]> By: Mike http://jameskovacs.com/2007/05/31/microsoft-vs-jamie-cansdale/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Mike Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:21:37 +0000 http://jameskovacs.com/2007/06/01/Microsoft+Vs+Jamie+Cansdale#comment-195 "deveoloper not a doctor" thats too funny. Read the whole email chain Jason posted, MS is being more than fair, and patient. IMO MS can extent their 'free' product anyway they like. "deveoloper not a doctor" thats too funny.

Read the whole email chain Jason posted, MS is being more than fair, and patient. IMO

MS can extent their ‘free’ product anyway they like.

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