Microsoft Debuts MySpace-Like IT Site

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.'"

Open Arms??

[eclectro]

I have a bunch of zer0-day sploitz I would like to share with my friends. Also, I would like to be able to stream teh l8test industrial rock on my Aggreg8 page. Will this be possible?

Re:Seems a great place to post yer code!

[OldManAndTheC++]

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Hmmph. They should've called it "OurSpace".

Re:*shutters*

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, hey, it's modeled after MySpace after all...

awesome

[Anonymous Coward]

this will be great! I'm gonna have bill gates, steve jobs, linus and woz as ms-friends! this will be sweet! hell, i might even let balmer friend me

Re:Seems a great place to post yer code!

[Anonymous Coward]

so in this case the tag itsatrap is reallly appropriate, who'da thunk?

No, this one will be much better!!

[commodoresloat]

It will be full of sage advice and code samples from MSCEs. Plus there will be tons of great ActiveX applications!!

Yay!! Steve Ballmer is in your extended network!!

Re:Please stop renaming things!

[killjoe]

Remember when everything MS made was activesomething? Then everything they made was something.net. Now everything they make will be somethinglive or livesomething.

Maybe next it will be somethingdead.

I have this theory. It goes like this. In the halls of MS there are vending machines which dispense free LSD and all MS employees eat a few tabs every day. This theory explains zune, rebranding everything every three years, fifty thousand data access libraries, and error messages such as "there is no message for this error".

Those people are on serious drugs for sure.

Hi There!

[IchBinEinPenguin]

It looks like you're trying to post something.
Would you like me to ...

Re:Hi There!

[Anonymous Coward]

• Ban you for mentioning/using vendors other than Microsoft, and technologies other than those belonging to Microsoft?
• Take and use your code without due credit?
• Provide another mediocre service for less than a year [geekzone.co.nz]?

Boring Home Page

[philsown]

Isn't the appropriate response to immediately upload the NT source code that was released a few years ago? Now that I type that it doesn't seem as funny...

Boring home page. At least on myspace they try to invite you into the site with some content and "new profile" pics.

"127.0.0.1 FOR IT PROS" doesn't make sense

[ThwartedEfforts]

This slogan doesn't even make any sense.

127.0.0.1 FOR IT PROS

"localhost for IT Pros"? Oh, I get it, "Home for IT PROS", except right below the logo and the tagline, there is a navbar where the first item is "Home", so I can click to go the home of my home? "~ FOR IT PROS" would have made much more sense, except that's only for UNIX weinies, but "%PROFILEDIR% for IT PROS" is harder to read. Aggreg8: By Marketing, for Tech Users.

Yet another....

[bitserf]

Microsoft launches a new developer community website every few months. I'm confused as to which one is the real one. Someone please inform?