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Sam Ramji is leaving Microsoft

by billhilf on September 10, 2009

I felt it was important to provide some thoughts to the Port25 community on Sam Ramji’s impending departure from Microsoft. After many years helping to carry the open source software banner for the company, Sam is leaving Microsoft at the end of this month. ... more

• Thursday, September 10, 2009
• in: Community
• billhilf

Microsoft Releases Device Driver Code to the Linux Community

by Peter Galli on July 20, 2009

In what many may see as a surprising move, Microsoft today released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community under the popular General Public Licence v2... more

• Monday, July 20, 2009
• in: Community
• Peter Galli

Managing Towards Open

by Sam Ramji on April 29, 2008

I have the privilege of interacting almost every day with technical and business experts who are creating the future of software—including both core engineering teams at Microsoft and thought leaders across a broad spectrum of open source communities... more

• Tuesday, April 29, 2008
• in: Server Center
• Sam Ramji

How open source has influenced Windows Server 2008

by Sam Ramji on February 27, 2008

When I think about what works really well in open source development and technology, the following things stand out: Modular architectures You can find these wherever you see participation at scale – and often a rearchitecture to a more modular system... more

• Wednesday, February 27, 2008
• in: Server Center
• Sam Ramji

Justin Steinman and Sam Ramji on the Novell/Microsoft Partnership

by Sam Ramji on August 03, 2007

Back in the Spring, Sam Ramji attended an Olliance event entitled, the Open Source Think Tank. It's a smaller gathering, and well attended by nearly 100 or so executives and influential developer-users of open source software. During one of the sessions, Sam and Justin Steinman took an impromptu moment to answer some tough questions regarding the nature of the Microsoft-Novell partnership. Justin Steinman... more

• Friday, August 03, 2007
• in: Media
• Sam Ramji