Microsoft Debuts MySpace-Like IT Site 181
snib writes "Microsoft has launched Aggreg8, a 'social networking and collaboration space for the IT community.' Apparently, the owner of the popular open-source RSS reader of the same name sold the domains to Microsoft for $5000 in August in order to host what was then called 'Microcosm.' Microsoft hopes their new service, which utilizes Windows Live ID (formerly .NET Passport) authentication, will become a 'MySpace-like forum for developers to share scripts, tools, or best practices, or even to just connect with others within the profession.'"
Seems a great place to post yer code! (Score:5, Informative)
Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are granting Microsoft, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses (including, without limitation, all Microsoft Services), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein.
Or; post code for your pet project on this site and we will use it and sell it as our own.
Nothing to see here without an Live ID (Score:5, Informative)
From the license (Score:2, Informative)
What the hell did you expect?
Re:Seems a great place to post yer code! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Seems a great place to post yer code! (Score:3, Informative)
The Software.. (Score:2, Informative)
* Possibly to allow for users adding iframes because MSIE doesn't support xhtml object embedding? Still, WTF?
Re:Seems a great place to post yer code! (Score:4, Informative)
They use the term 'interactive' to describe their news services, but thats just a menu system to move between streams. Can you add news? Nope, except by going postal and getting your very own slot.
Re:Seems a great place to post yer code! (Score:5, Informative)
You people are all missing the point here. The license does not remove rightsfrom you, it only gives MS the right to publish it as a message on a public forum. Without these rights, they would not be able to even list your message after you pressed the submit button.
So it's pretty simple: if you send a message to their forum, you're giving them legal rights to distribute it (using the forum scripts), backup, sort, search, yadda yadda yadda.
Re:Seems a great place to post yer code! (Score:1, Informative)
For public access TV, at least in North America, the cable company gives you a 5 to 30 minute block of time and YOU decide how you want to present your stuff. No ads.