by Bryan Kirschner on April 25, 2008
The same week that Brad Smith (Microsoft’s General Counsel) keynoted at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) , we held our first Microsoft-wide Open Source Day (which Jamie and Mario both blogged about). We all noticed folks expressed interest in... more
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by Garrett Serack on April 10, 2008
Back in January, I invited the Apache Software Foundation to attend the Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Labs, here on our campus in Redmond. The week that Apache was here, was so valuable for both groups--the product groups got to see and... more
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by MJM on April 04, 2008
Jamie blogged about Open Source Day earlier this week . I’d like to provide a little more context about what the day was and why we did it. About 6 months ago, our team was discussing the fact that, while many external people understand what Microsoft... more
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by jcannon on April 01, 2008
Last Friday, March 28th, 2008 was Microsoft's first company-wide Open Source Day. This was a significant event and milestone in the company's move towards openness and was made freely available to any employee interested in attending. Packed full of panels... more
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by Garrett Serack on March 24, 2008
Howdy ya'll, I was recently in Boston, and managed to spend a couple of days at Drupalcon , where Port25 was a silver level sponsor for the event. The herd was over 800 attendees--all focused on Drupal . Needless to say, I was duly impressed. What's Drupal... more
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by SteveZ on March 20, 2008
To some folks outside of Microsoft, the Open-Source Software Lab has been a sort of mysterious place. A place where we study Linux and open-source software, cursing our enemies while brewing our malevolent plans to combat those nasty FOSS developers.... more
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by SteveZ on March 14, 2008
As my first blog on Port25, I suppose it's appropriate to write a couple paragraphs about myself... so here it goes: My name is Stephen Zarkos, and I am a Program Manager at the Open-Source Software Lab at Microsoft. I work directly with many of the other... more
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by jcannon on March 12, 2008
At last years, OSBC, Microsoft hosted its first annual Open Source ISV Forum. In large part, the event was focused on facilitating a discussion around enabling open source innovation on Microsoft technologies, and to help potential partners reach new... more
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by KarriD on March 05, 2008
My name is Karri Dunn, I am joining the Port25 team focusing on developer interests. I am a 10 year veteran at Microsoft. I’ve always been in dev or IT Pro groups at Microsoft and have participated in many programs, offerings, and product launches. As... more
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by Community Contributor on February 27, 2008
First, many thanks to Microsoft’s Port 25 Team for the opportunity to post today! Today SpikeSource announced the availability of five additional PHP-based applications on the Windows Server 2008 platform. Gallery, Mantis, Moodle, PhpBB and WebCalendar... more
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by Garrett Serack on February 26, 2008
This morning, we've had the honor of hosting the Apache Software Foundation in the Windows Server 2008 Application Labs. They are here this week in order to get some deep knowledge about Windows Server 2008, and access to the folks from product groups... more
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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
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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
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by billhilf on February 21, 2008
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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by MJM on February 07, 2008
In reading Jamie’s recent blog post on software and engineering excellence here at Microsoft, I got to thinking broadly about the impact of access on innovation. Obviously, the constant advances in software technology have not occurred in a vacuum. They... more
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