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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

The Linux Foundation's Collaboration Summit

by Peter Galli on April 23, 2009

A lot has been written by the press and blogosphere since the Linux Foundation's annual Collaboration Summit was held earlier this month, particularly about the panel that included Microsoft's Sam Ramji, Sun Microsystems' Ian Murdock, and Linux Foundation... more

• Thursday, April 23, 2009
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

A Brief History of Open at Microsoft

by Sam Ramji on February 22, 2008

Four years ago, we started the Linux Lab at Microsoft. Two years ago, we established the Open Source Software Lab at Microsoft. One year ago, we initiated the Linux Interoperability Lab at Microsoft. Yesterday, we announced the broadest change to the... more

• Friday, February 22, 2008
• in: Community
• Sam Ramji

Silverlight on Linux

by Sam Ramji on September 05, 2007

After a great deal of work between the Moonlight and .NET teams, we’re ready to formally announce that we (Microsoft and Novell) will be bringing Silverlight to Linux, fully supported and including application and media codec compatibility...... more

• Wednesday, September 05, 2007
• in: Community
• Sam Ramji