Microsoft to shut CodePlex open source project site

This December, Microsoft will shut down its CodePlex open source project hosting site, deferring instead to code-sharing site GitHub. The site will go read-only in October.CodePlex was launched in 2006 when Microsoft was trying to make a name for itself in open source. But the company acknowledges that GitHub has superseded it, and the software giant has itself jumped on the GitHub bandwagon.[ Also on InfoWorld: 19 open source GitHub projects for security pros. | Discover how to secure your syst