Port 25 - Communications from the open source community at Microsoft

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Sandcastle Redux

by Sam Ramji on July 02, 2008

I am very pleased to announce that the Microsoft SandCastle project team has reconfirmed its strong support for the Ms-PL and is preparing to release all source code for the Sandcastle project immediately. This was a non-trivial effort and I applaud them... more

• Wednesday, July 02, 2008
• in: Community
• Sam Ramji

Sandcastle Removed from Codeplex

by Sam Ramji on June 06, 2008

A number of people have alerted me in the last 24 hours that a Microsoft project called Sandcastle , located on Codeplex, used the Ms-PL and called itself “open source” yet never posted the source code. This is unacceptable and represents a violation... more

• Friday, June 06, 2008
• in: Community
• Sam Ramji

Why I’m excited about Yahoo!

by Sam Ramji on February 25, 2008

There are no guarantees that a future of Microsoft + Yahoo! will arrive, but the possibilities have me feeling positive. These are just my personal opinions – and who knows what will happen – but a few things described below give me optimism for an increasingly... more

• Monday, February 25, 2008
• in: Community
• Sam Ramji

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