Chapter One
An Inside Look at the
Evolution of DotNetNuke
As much as I would like people to believe that DotNetNuke was intentionally created as a premier
open source project for the Microsoft platform, it is unfortunately not the case. As is true with
many open source projects, the software was created with commercial intentions in mind, and
only when it was discovered that its true purpose would not be realized was it reconsidered as an
open source project.
In 2001 2002 I was working for a medium sized software consulting company that was providing
outsourced software development services to a variety of large U.S. clients specializing primarily in
e Learning initiatives. The internal push was to achieve CMM 3.0 on a fairly aggressive schedule
so that we could compete with the emerging outsourcing powerhouses from India and China. As a
result there was an incredible ...
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