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MVP Summit Ruby Meetup

by jcannon on April 14, 2008

John Lam brings word of a Ruby meet-up at the MVP Summit happening today at 2PM at the International Meeting Place at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Quote John: "I’m going to be at the Convention Center from around 1:30 onwards. There... more

• Monday, April 14, 2008
• in: Community
• jcannon

Open Source Day at Microsoft

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

• Tuesday, April 01, 2008
• in: Community
• jcannon

Microsoft Open Source Initiative

by jcannon on April 01, 2008

We wanted to thank the Open Source Initiative (OSI) for the commitment and willingess to work together - and today, making public the Microsoft Open Source Initiative: The Microsoft Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate... more

• Tuesday, April 01, 2008
• in: Community
• jcannon

NXT Up: OSBC

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

• Wednesday, March 12, 2008
• in: Community
• jcannon

all software...

by jcannon on January 21, 2008

Earlier this month, I was reading the Open Solutions Alliance's top predictions for 2008....this was based on polling they conducted within their membership base. It's a good read and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys that kind of fodder (there's no shortage of "predictions," it seems, this time of year.) The full report is here (PDF). One in particular caught my eye: The CEO of Adaptive Planning... more

• Monday, January 21, 2008
• in: Community
• jcannon