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Posted by:
Michael Washington
4/2/2008
I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see new projects added to the DNN Forge every day. I believe that these projects will drive the direction of DotNetNuke and bring more users (and developers) to the community.
In my mind we have had these Era's:
- "Snowcovered Era" - A lot of DNN modules were made available so people used DNN simply because you could easily buy the code you needed.
- "The Marketplace Era" - Finally you had higher standards to meet the needs of large companies and enterprise deployments.
With the "DNN Forge Era" I believe we will have projects that will be maintained by multiple developers. This will allow projects to produce modules that may truly be surprising. With the "for profit" model companies either become large like Engage or they stay small. The vast majority stay small.
With the "Open Source" model a project can become large without the need to pay salaries or other overhead. The product is easy to market because it's free. Instead of competition you end up with more team members.
For example, IWeb started with a simple module I made. Currently it is the largest DNN Forge project and this week I stepped down as the leader of the project (Ian Lackey is now the project leader. I continue to server as co-leader) because the project simply "outgrew me". The IWeb project now has 2 DNN Forge projects: IWeb (uses .asmx web services) and IWebCF (uses Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)).
This is the model that gave rise to the DotNetNuke community. And look how that turned out...
3 comment(s) so far...
Re: We are entering the "DNN Forge era"
The DNNCart project on the Forge is alive! I swear it is. I should have some more code checked in sometime next week as I get it ramped back up :)
By christoc on
4/2/2008
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Re: We are entering the "DNN Forge era"
And throughout each of the eras there have been people like you who have contributed countless hours of their own time to ensure the success of DotNetNuke. Thanks Michael for all the time and energy you've put into helping DotNetNuke grow. Your effort is very much appreciated.
By dworthley on
4/3/2008
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Re: We are entering the "DNN Forge era"
Great post, I couldn't agree more! There are some great ideas starting to get "hammered" out in the forge already and I am sure there will be many more to come. I originally stumbled upon IWeb through a forum post pretty much out of dumb luck. It turned out that the things Michael was doing inspired me to jump in and start to contribute. I think the forge will have the same effect on many more developers, being such a visible extension to the community.
Yes, thank you Michael for all of your hard work and inspiration, and thank you to all who are stoking the fires and swinging the hammers in the DNN Forge!
By ITLackey on
4/3/2008
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