Nov12Written by:slhilbert
11/12/2008 8:17 PM 
I am here at OpenForce 08 the biggest and best Dotnetnuke conference of the year. Yesterday, at the keynote address Dotnetnuke laid out a roadmap for the future. The details are are a bit sketchy, but the intention is clear, get Dotnetnuke in more places.
Dotnetnuke Corp is taking steps to move Dotnetnuke into the corporate enviroment. In making this move they are going to create a commercialized version of Dotnetnuke that will be given for free but sold with support surrounding it like Sharepoint.
The move could be interpreted as a move towards charging for Dotnetnuke, however, this isn't the case. Long ago this was tried by Shaun Walker (Creator of Dotnetnuke) before Dotnetnuke was known as Dotnetnuke and it failed miserably.
Dotnetnuke Corp is committed to keeping Dotnetnuke free, and they are comitted to spreading DNN into new markets, this move I think will be, in the long run good for everyone.
I am excited to know more about.
Mitchel Sellers (who I had the pleasure of meeting today) has posted a detailed blog about this subject on his blog.... http://www.mitchelsellers.com/blogs/articletype/articleview/articleid/269/first-openforce-2008-update.aspx