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    Zend Launches Open Source Initiative to Drive Cloud Application Development
    by Peter Galli on September 22, 2009

    Today, Zend Technologies announced the Simple API for Cloud Application Services project, which is a new open source initiative that allows developers to use common application services in the cloud, while enabling them to unlock value-added features... more

    • Tuesday, September 22, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Windows Live Embraces the Activity Streams Open Standard
    by Peter Galli on September 04, 2009

    More good news with regard to Microsoft's embrace of open standards, this time out of the Windows Live group, which is using a developing open standard called Activity Streams, an extension to the Atom feed format ... more

    • Friday, September 04, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    The Microsoft Live Services Plug-in for Moodle Debuts
    by Peter Galli on July 21, 2009

    Today, Microsoft announced the Live Services Plug-in for Moodle, a free download released under the General Public License v2 that integrates Microsoft's Live@edu services such as email, calendar, instant messaging and search directly into the Moodle... more

    • Tuesday, July 21, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Silverlight 3 Hits the Street
    by Peter Galli on July 10, 2009

    Microsoft Silverlight 3 is now available for download, as is the Release Candidate for Expression Blend, while the associated Expression 3 tool suite will be available within 30 days... more

    • Friday, July 10, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    ECMAScript Candidate Specification Published
    by Peter Galli on April 10, 2009

    The candidate specification of the ECMAScript language standard - known as ECMA-262, was published on April 9. ECMAScript is the scripting language used to create web pages with dynamic behavior, and is more commonly known as JavaScript. It is a component... more

    • Friday, April 10, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Because It's Fun
    by Mark Stone on March 30, 2009

    We should never forget that a key motivator for open source developers is fun. For student developers -- where open source really starts -- this is especially true. We’ve been looking at several potential student projects in Croatia, and for the past... more

    • Monday, March 30, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Mark Stone
    The Hidden Technology Decision-Maker
    by Mark Stone on March 25, 2009

    On Monday Microsoft and SD Forum held the 3rd annual Open Source ISV Forum. In a day of interesting talks, I was particularly struck by Larry Augustin's talk. As an emphasizing example of the growth of open source projects partnered with a commercial... more

    • Wednesday, March 25, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Mark Stone
    Expanding the interoperability of eclipse4SL: Mac support comes to the Eclipse for Silverlight project
    by Vijay Rajagopalan on March 18, 2009

    In October 2008 , when Microsoft announced the general availability of Silverlight 2.0, and, as part of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to interoperability, Microsoft and Soyatec unveiled the Eclipse Tools for Silverlight (Eclipse4SL). Today, Microsoft... more

    • Wednesday, March 18, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Vijay Rajagopalan
    Better Tools for Web Development
    by Mark Stone on March 18, 2009

    Several years ago I was helping a musician friend of mine set up a web site to use as a promotional site for his live performances. I opted for a simple, PHP-based Content Management System (CMS) that wouldn’t require any special knowledge for him to... more

    • Wednesday, March 18, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Mark Stone
    OASIS Members Approve Nine Web Services Standards
    by Peter Galli on February 04, 2009

    Members of OASIS, the international open standards consortium, have approved nine Web services specifications as OASIS Standards. The WS Reliable Exchange (WS-RX), WS Transactions (WS-TX), and WS Secure Exchange (WS-SX) standards support reliable message... more

    • Wednesday, February 04, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Live Search Add-in for Mozilla Firefox Released
    by Alessandro Catorcini on January 29, 2009

    This is Alessandro Catorcini, and I am the Lead Program Manager for Live Search API. I wanted to talk about today's announcement that we are releasing the official Live Search add-in for Mozilla Firefox. The Live Search add-in will allow Firefox users... more

    • Thursday, January 29, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Alessandro Catorcini
    Web Sandbox Source Now Available Under Apache License 2.0
    by Peter Galli on January 26, 2009

    Microsoft has released more source code under an OSI-approved license: this time it has made the source code for the Web Sandbox runtime available under the Apache 2.0 open source license. The Web Sandbox project explores how to advance the web platform... more

    • Monday, January 26, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Update: Stonehenge Incubation Project
    by Peter Galli on January 19, 2009

    As Microsoft continues the drive for interoperability between different implementations on various platforms, the Interoperability Technical Strategy Team is, for the first time, participating as a code contributor to an Apache project: the Stonehenge... more

    • Monday, January 19, 2009
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    MindTouch, Microsoft, and Social Enterprise Collaboration
    by Peter Galli on December 16, 2008

    In this, our second video filmed at an open source company, the spotlight falls on MindTouch , whose Deki Wiki enables users to connect teams, enterprise systems, publishing systems, Web services and Web 2.0 applications. The first video talked to developers... more

    • Tuesday, December 16, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    BizSpark Program Targets Startups
    by Peter Galli on November 04, 2008

    The extremely popular and well attended Web 2.0 Summit starts in San Francisco today, where Microsoft officially launched its global BizSpark program, designed to help startups grow into successful businesses through software support, a vibrant global... more

    • Tuesday, November 04, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
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