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Update on the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool

by Peter Galli on November 20, 2009

As you know, Microsoft recently committed to making the source code as well as binaries for the Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool available this week, under the terms of the General Public License v2 as described here . While we worked extremely hard to try and... more

• Friday, November 20, 2009
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

Tuxera Signs File System IP Agreement with Microsoft

by Peter Galli on August 26, 2009

Tuxera, a Finnish company that develops NTFS drivers, has entered into a file system IP agreement with Microsoft in the area of data portability for devices... more

• Wednesday, August 26, 2009
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

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 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