I was looking for an online SVN server where I can host my code and do versioning on it. There are a number of servers like that available online including some big players like google and sourceforge. But all of them are open source code hosting services and you have to buy closed source hosting from the others. The best I have found so far is XP-DEV which offers free closed source hosting worth of size 1.5 Gigs which is far more than any other free service. I created a test account on their website and committed some code, they look good so far. The best thing is that they send emails on each and every check-in along with the diff so you can always keep an eye on what is going on with your code base and who is doing what.
Other services offered by XP-DEV include an issue tracking system and support tickets as well. All for free 
Their issue tracking system might not be an advanced one but its really good when you are not paying a cent!
So install TortoiseSVN and enjoy the free versioning service.
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IBM is in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Sun has struggled to revive its financial prospects in the wake of declining interest in its Solaris operating system and associated hardware. Open source has been the big bright spot for Sun, but Sun’s ability to recoup hardware losses with free software has been suspect.
IBM could fix that. IBM knows how to make money from software, and it could lend a hard-edged pragmatism to Sun’s open-source idealism.
The Journal reports on the culture clash between the two companies, which could complicate the deal. I believe, however, that the conflicting cultures are actually complementary:
A combination would require melding companies with distinct, dissimilar cultures. IBM, an East Coast stalwart that helped invent the computer industry, grew up with a button-down style and a philosophy of delivering what customers want. Sun, which grew up in the go-go environment of the 1980s in Silicon Valley, is an engineering-driven maverick with a record of major innovations that has lately struggled to profit from them.
Let Sun build. Let IBM monetize.
The two companies have fought each other for years, but Sun and IBM bring a range of complementary technologies, product lines, and business strategies to the table. Sun is staking its business on driving sales through open-source adoption. Free software makes sense in this strategy.
IBM, by contrast, has increasingly staked more of its business on driving adoption through open-source software-based sales. Open-source software, which IBM can embed in its products, makes sense in this strategy. IBM actively undermines competitors by seeding open-source projects such as various Apache Software Foundation projects, Linux, and Eclipse. It then sells proprietary add-ons to that open-source software.
In other words, IBM may be exactly what Sun needs to complete its open-source transition. I can’t speak to the hardware benefits of such a deal, but in terms of open source, this combination would be a home run.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10198900-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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