Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft

Jamie blogged about Open Source Day earlier this week. I’d like to provide a little more context about what the day was and why we did it. About 6 months ago, our team was discussing the fact that, while many external people understand what Microsoft is trying to do in the open source space, many folks inside Microsoft still aren't fully ...

A couple of months ago, I mentioned that Microsoft would be sponsoring Computer and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association’s (CITASA) pre-conference and graduate workshop on July 31, 2008 in Boston, MA.  That sponsorship included the ''Microsoft CITASA Port 25 Award'' to recognize excellent research on open ...

In reading Jamie’s recent blog post on software and engineering excellence here at Microsoft, I got to thinking broadly about the impact of access on innovation. Obviously, the constant advances in software technology have not occurred in a vacuum. They are the result of people within and outside IT companies who have created, shared and borrowed ...

When I introduce myself around here, I usually lead with the caveat: I am not technical.  It’s true, I played around with BASIC as a kid, and, in high school, I tore apart a series of Apples in the generally vain attempt to understand how they worked.  I even went to university to study electrical engineering and robotics.  ...