CHAOSS is a Linux Foundation project focused on creating analytics and metrics to help define community health

"Held: Google’s copying of the Java SE API, which included only those lines of code that were needed to allow programmers to put their accrued talents to work in a new and transformative program, was a fair use of that material as a matter of law. Pp. 11–36."

Developers of open source security software, including Vega, OWASP-ish security scanning tool.

Free Visual Studio edition for individual developers and companies contributing to open source projects.

open source subversion plugin for visual studio

free vector drawing / illustration app

downloads of "full stacks" -- including web stacks + certain applications. downloadable packages for windows, osx, linux, amazon cloud, etc. neat ...

discussion on webdeveloper.com about differences between GIMP, Photoshop, and Paint Shop Pro. see post #4 by ddbell in particular.

Microsoft admins and their bass akwards concept of proprietary and platform independence ...