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What do BitRock Developers Really Think of Microsoft? by Peter Galli on November 25, 2008 01:52PM

What do open source companies and their developers actually think of Microsoft and its relationship with them and their communities, and how much do they have in common?

We decided to find out, so we sent a camera crew to two open source companies - BitRock and MindTouch - to see what they had to say.

In this first video, several developers from BitRock - which was founded in 2003, created the BitNami installer, and provides an automated solution for Open Source application deployment - talk about many topics, ranging from smoking, to getting their picture on beer bottles, to Microsoft and open source.

You'll also see Erica Brescia, BitRock's CEO, express surprise that Microsoft would actually want to film open source developers, particularly those who are candid about the sometimes troubled relationship between the software company and the open source community.

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  1. Gergely Orosz said:

    Great video, great to get an insight on other open source developers. I totally agree with the BitRock developer Javier that when developing you feel that it's both yours and both part of something different. I think if I would be working on an other project that the ECMS open source product I'm develpoing I would be much less enthusiastic about it.

    PS: I really like the closing sensence about lighting candles instead of complaining.

    posted at 09:10AM 11/26/2008
  2. James Gerber said:

    Cool idea...I think that things like this will help to change people's opinions of Microsoft in the open source world

    posted at 10:12AM 12/02/2008
  3. Aaron Fulkerson said:

    Where's the MindTouch vid? It was up on Youtube yesterday, I just saw it for the first time because someone, not at Microsoft, shared it with me--I hadn't seen it finished. Now it's gone. Can we get a copy?

    posted at 12:25PM 12/10/2008
  4. Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft said:

    In this, our second video filmed at an open source compay, the spotlight falls on MindTouch , whose Deki

    posted at 02:14PM 12/17/2008
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