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Thursday February 21, 2008 in: Community by: billhilf with 12 comment(s)

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I have always been a fan of Tim O’Reilly’s phrase the “ architecture of participation ” to describe “systems designed for user contribution.” I liked it so much that at last year’s OSCON I made this concept the focal point of a discussion about how Microsoft...more

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    I have always been a fan of Tim O’Reilly’s phrase the “ architecture of participation ” to describe “systems designed for user contribution.” I liked it so much that at last year’s OSCON I made this concept the focal point of a discussion about how Microsoft...

    • Thursday, February 21, 2008
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    hack value

    It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to blog. It is usually on airplane time that I do any blogging, and since I haven’t flown in a while, I guess that will be my excuse. I’m on my way to Asia, currently over eastern Russian airspace, which means...

    • Friday, December 14, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Open Source at Microsoft

    Today, Microsoft took another step in its relationship with the open source software community. We did this by bringing up a new web property that clearly outlines Microsoft’s position on OSS by providing specific information about Microsoft, the OSS...

    • Thursday, July 26, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Random bits...

    Things I’ve been collecting, with no rhyme or reason connecting them…I stumbled upon this very interesting project from Microsoft Research India – SMS Toolkit. This project, and the work being done here with mobile phones and SMS servers as a PC replacement...

    • Monday, June 25, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Core

    We recently announced the addition of IIS7 to the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 (formerly known as Longhorn Server). Server Core is an important evolution of our server product and will include a variety of roles, such as print server...

    • Thursday, June 07, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Business as Usual

    It’s been an interesting week, with people offering a range of opinions about what they think is happening in Redmond. Despite a lot of pontification, our strategy regarding intellectual property and open source has not changed – and it is not frivolous...

    • Friday, May 18, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Open Source at Microsoft

    Today, Microsoft took another step in its relationship with the open source software community. We did this by bringing up a new web property that clearly outlines Microsoft’s position on OSS by providing specific information about Microsoft, the OSS...

    • Thursday, July 26, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Clarifications

    I have strong opinions. Those of you who know me personally know that I am not one to "follow the herd" and that I speak up. However, I need to comment on a recent story where I was quoted......

    • Tuesday, May 15, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Welcome to Port 25

    Roblimo from Slashdot warned me. Last Fall, I did an interview on Slashdot and put my email address at the end of the interview, following the statement that if “ If you'd like to contact me directly, I can be reached at billhilf at microsoft...

    • Tuesday, March 28, 2006
    • in: Community
    • admin
    Here's some big news

    Today we announced a very important partnership with Novell that represents a milestone for our industry. The partnership has technical, business and legal significance for Microsoft, Novell, our customers and the open source community. I want to break...

    • Thursday, November 02, 2006
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Microsoft Penguin Adoption 2007

    Today, in a surprising move, Microsoft is highlighting the key role that community and economic support play in boosting the thriving worldwide penguin ecosystem. During a keynote that is yet to be scheduled, Bill Hilf, General Manager of Platform Strategy...

    • Sunday, April 01, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Business as Usual

    It’s been an interesting week, with people offering a range of opinions about what they think is happening in Redmond. Despite a lot of pontification, our strategy regarding intellectual property and open source has not changed – and it is not frivolous...

    • Friday, May 18, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Core
    by billhilf on June 07, 2007

    We recently announced the addition of IIS7 to the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 (formerly known as Longhorn Server). Server Core is an important evolution of our server product and will include a variety of roles, such as print server... more

    • Thursday, June 07, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
    Core
    by billhilf on June 07, 2007

    We recently announced the addition of IIS7 to the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 (formerly known as Longhorn Server). Server Core is an important evolution of our server product and will include a variety of roles, such as print server... more

    • Thursday, June 07, 2007
    • in: Community
    • billhilf
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