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    Team Microsoft Sings "Them Incubator Blues" at ApacheCon
    by Peter Galli on November 12, 2009

    As you probably know, Microsoft was both a sponsor and active participant at ApacheCon 2009 in Oakland, California last week. But what you might not know is that we also showed our lighter, more fun side, when we participated in the Lightning Talks, which... more

    • Thursday, November 12, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    The Business of Open Source
    by Sandy Gupta on November 05, 2009

    I am blogging from ApacheCon here in Oakland, where the Apache Software Foundation its celebrating its 10 th anniversary . Congratulations to the Apache community and cheers to the next ten! Our focus at Microsoft is to make Windows Server a platform... more

    • Thursday, November 05, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Sandy Gupta
    Microsoft and ApacheCon 2009
    by Peter Galli on November 03, 2009

    This week marks the 10 th anniversary of the Apache Software Foundation, which is being celebrated at the annual ApacheCon U.S. event. Microsoft is proud to be a platinum sponsor of both the ASF and ApacheCon 2009 . The Apache community is an important... more

    • Tuesday, November 03, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    A Chat With Apache Software Foundation President Justin Erenkrantz
    by Peter Galli on November 02, 2009

    This week the Apache Software Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary at its annual U.S. ApacheCon 2009 event in Oakland. As such, I though it would be interesting to chat with ASF President Justin Erenkrantz about the past 10 years and what's still... more

    • Monday, November 02, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    OSCON 2009
    by Peter Galli on June 29, 2009

    As Microsoft continues to support and participate in open source communities, the company is again a proud sponsor of the annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention ( OSCON ), which is being held in San Jose from July 20 to July 24. In addition to having... more

    • Monday, June 29, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Migrating PHP Apps to Windows
    by Peter Galli on May 29, 2009

    Microsoft Malaysia is helping sponsor a competition, known as LAMP2WIN, designed to help ensure that PHP applications run well on both Windows and open source platforms. The competition, themed ‘World of Interoperability,' is being organized by PHP.net... more

    • Friday, May 29, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    PHP|Tek in Chicago
    by hjanssen on May 27, 2009

    Last week I got the perfect excuse to get out of the Planning and Budget process that we are going through right now, attending PHP|Tek, which was a welcome escape as planning and budgeting in any company is usually enough fun to make a grown man cry... more

    • Wednesday, May 27, 2009
    • in: Community
    • hjanssen
    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
    OSBC 2009 and Microsoft
    by Peter Galli on February 27, 2009

    Microsoft is once again a Platinum Level sponsor of the annual Open Source Business Conference , which is being held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. As part of this sponsorship, Robert Youngjohns , the president for Microsoft North America, will... more

    • Friday, February 27, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    The Saper Law Open Source Symposium
    by Brian Gorbett on February 19, 2009

    Hi, this is Brian Gorbett and I am an Architect in Microsoft's Developer & Platform Evangelism group. This week I had the privilege to speak on a panel at the Saper Law Open Source Symposium in Chicago. At first, one might be tempted to call this... more

    • Thursday, February 19, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Brian Gorbett
    What's Microsoft up to with PHP?
    by Peter Galli on January 06, 2009

    Over the past year, Microsoft has stepped up its participation in initiatives supporting Free and Open Source Software projects like Apache, Samba , and PHP . The company has also been working more closely with the PHP community, sponsoring PHP events... more

    • Tuesday, January 06, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    A New Appreciation for Open Source in India - and Our Role in it.
    by anandeep on November 29, 2008

    As I stated in my last blog, I am attending the premier Indian Open Source conference, FOSS.IN , in Bangalore. This conference had some very technical talks (which I will also blog about) but, like any other Open source conference, it was the people who... more

    • Saturday, November 29, 2008
    • in: Community
    • anandeep
    FOSS in India
    by anandeep on November 25, 2008

    I am writing this during lunch at FOSS.IN , the most prominent Open Source conference for developers and FOSS advocates in India. FOSS.IN is in Bangalore, which is where I graduated high school. That was a long time ago - and Bangalore has been transformed... more

    • Tuesday, November 25, 2008
    • in: Community
    • anandeep
    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
    ApacheCon and the Stonehenge Proposal
    by Kamaljit Bath on November 10, 2008

    This is Kamaljit Bath, and I am in the Big Easy to experience my first Apache Conference ! I am a Principal Program Manager in the Interoperability Technical Strategy Team at Microsoft. We have been doing a lot of great interoperability work and have... more

    • Monday, November 10, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Kamaljit Bath
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