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DotNetNuke Business Model and Product Roadmap (Part 1 of 2)

Development of DotNetNuke 5.1 Community and Professional Editions is progressing at full speed. It took us quite a bit of time to analyze dependencies, evaluate resource availability, determine viability and clearly define scope. As a result, until now, we did not publish a roadmap for DNN 5.1. The lack of published and authoritative roadmap details and a general misunderstanding about our business model...

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Blog Platform Switch and Makeover

When I first started blogging in 2004, I had to decide which platform to use. There were some hosted blog sites available, but my rule of thumb #1 is that if it’s important to me, then I need to have full control over it and not be at the mercy of some other provider. I need to have unfettered access to make changes, enhancements and backups. At the time, the best .NET-based Open Source blogging...

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Milestones on a Rewarding Journey

Today is a big day for me for two reasons: 1) One year ago today, I moved with my family to Silicon Valley from Washington, DC, a city we love and miss very much. 2) Also today, DotNetNuke Corp., the company I co-founded, announced that we have closed on our Series A round of venture funding. Adjusting to Silicon Valley has had its challenges. Having to drive everywhere after getting around mostly on...

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This is Our Moment

This is a defining moment for America and I am proud that my country has chosen such a transformational figure as Obama to be its next President. I was moved and inspired by his speech tonight and look forward to doing my part in moving the country forward. As a father of two little girls, I found his future-looking questions most inspiring: “So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children...

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Enabling a Pre-existing Project as a WebRole in Azure Solution

In trying to use an existing VS2008 Project as a WebRole in a Windows Azure Solution, I discovered that the project did not appear as a candidate for selection from the Roles > Add > Web Role Project in solution menu. All the Azure documentation indicates that there is no special requirement for a web project to be a candidate for Azure, so I found this to be odd. The solution, as it turns out, is...