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Time to Say Goodbye

by Bryan Kirschner on April 28, 2009

The first time I went to a LinuxWorld conference as a Microsoft employee, a guy passing by me saw "Microsoft" on my name badge and stopped. "Microsoft? What are you guys doing here?" he said. "I loved Microsoft. You put my kids through college." As it... more

• Tuesday, April 28, 2009
• in: Community
• Bryan Kirschner

Berkman Lunch: Open Source at Microsoft - Opportunity or Threat?

by Bryan Kirschner on November 24, 2008

I was recently at Harvard for two events. The first, which I'll talk about in this blog, was part of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard lunch series. Mario Madden and I were invited to speak at a session called " Microsoft and Open... more

• Monday, November 24, 2008
• in: Community
• Bryan Kirschner

Participating Actively

by Bryan Kirschner on July 23, 2008

Now that we’ve had our first “participate” event in conjunction with OSCON here in Portland, I wanted to share a few thoughts. This was a great experience and a great event—or, really, two consecutive events, the morning case study discussion and the... more

• Wednesday, July 23, 2008
• in: Community
• Bryan Kirschner

Participate08

by Bryan Kirschner on July 18, 2008

On July 21 I will have the honor and pleasure of being the sponsor, host, and an active participant in participate08 . participate08 is a one-day summit held in coordination with the O'Reilly Open Source Conference(OSCON). It is designed to facilitate... more

• Friday, July 18, 2008
• in: Community
• Bryan Kirschner

Open Source Day + 30 …

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

• Friday, April 25, 2008
• in: Community
• Bryan Kirschner