July 2009 - Posts

    Releasing the Linux Integration Component Drivers...
    by Sam Ramji on July 23, 2009

    Microsoft on Monday contributed the Linux Integration Component drivers to the Linux community for the reasons stated in our release. Microsoft chose the GPLv2 license for the mutual benefit of our customers, partners, the community, and Microsoft.... more

    • Thursday, July 23, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Sam Ramji
    Introduction to the Linux Integration Components
    by hjanssen on July 22, 2009

    Well, here is blog number two. The initial shock has worn off a bit I hope. The feedback I have received so far has been pretty positive... more

    • Wednesday, July 22, 2009
    • in: Community
    • hjanssen
    Getting Ready for OSCON 2009
    by Peter Galli on July 21, 2009

    I'm back at the San Jose at the McEnery Convention Center after attending the Community Leadership Summit this weekend, where we are setting up the Microsoft booth in preparation for the formal opening of the O'Reilly Open Source Convention ( OSCON )... more

    • Tuesday, July 21, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    The Microsoft Live Services Plug-in for Moodle Debuts
    by Peter Galli on July 21, 2009

    Today, Microsoft announced the Live Services Plug-in for Moodle, a free download released under the General Public License v2 that integrates Microsoft's Live@edu services such as email, calendar, instant messaging and search directly into the Moodle... more

    • Tuesday, July 21, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    More on the Hyper-V Linux Integration Components
    by hjanssen on July 20, 2009

    Well, there is no easy way to say this, so I am simply going to start this blog with the following line: Microsoft just submitted source code for the Hyper-V Linux Integration Components to the Linux Kernel Community Under GPL v2 ... more

    • Monday, July 20, 2009
    • in: Community
    • hjanssen
    Microsoft Releases Device Driver Code to the Linux Community
    by Peter Galli on July 20, 2009

    In what many may see as a surprising move, Microsoft today released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community under the popular General Public Licence v2... more

    • Monday, July 20, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Silverlight 3 Hits the Street
    by Peter Galli on July 10, 2009

    Microsoft Silverlight 3 is now available for download, as is the Release Candidate for Expression Blend, while the associated Expression 3 tool suite will be available within 30 days... more

    • Friday, July 10, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    CodePlex: 10,000 Hosted Projects and Counting
    by Peter Galli on July 07, 2009

    The number of projects hosted on CodePlex, Microsoft's Open Source project hosting site, breached the 10,000 mark on Saturday, July 4, 2009, which represents 160-million lines of code hosted across 10 Team Foundation Servers.... more

    • Tuesday, July 07, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    The ECMA C# and CLI Standards
    by Peter Galli on July 06, 2009

    I have some good news to announce: Microsoft will be applying the Community Promise to the ECMA 334 and ECMA 335 specs.... more

    • Monday, July 06, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
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