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Microsoft Rebuilds Open Source Sandcastle Netstat -vat: "Sam Ramji who runs Microsoft's Open Source Lab has now confirmed on his blog that Sandcastle is now set to re-appear on CodePlex as a fully compliant open source project..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Microsoft opens up Sandcastle, this time with source code Microsoft failed to fully open source Sandcastle during its first attempt. It's doing better now, evidencing real desire to play by open source's rules. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Microsoft dumps Sandcastle, does right by open source Microsoft has apologized for the Sandcastle snafu. Is it finally starting to understand open source? Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Update: Microsoft makes boldest move yet embracing open source In a major turnaround for Microsoft, the company Thursday promised "greater transparency" in its development and business practices, outlining a new strategy to provide more access to APIs and previously proprietary protocols for some of its major software products, i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft hails open source outreach Microsoft continued to make its case on Tuesday that it is a friend to open source, listing a number of efforts it has undertaken in spaces ranging from Linux to virtualization and rich Internet application technology. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft cited for open efforts, eyes Eclipse Microsoft received plaudits and criticism for its openness efforts at the MIX08 event Thursday with a Microsoft official also citing an overture toward the Eclipse Foundation for open-source tooling.During a pan Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Open APIs may help Microsoft repair reputation If Microsoft executes effectively on its new interoperability promises, it could repair its tarnished reputation in the technology industry and help the company get out of its own way to compete more effectively with Google. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Some open sourcers keeping open mind about Microsoft pledges Microsoft made a mountainous down payment on its high-profile pledge Thursday to improve interoperability and warm up its relationship with the open source community, releasing some 30,000 pages of documentation for Windows client and server protocols. After digestin Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft, Eclipse finally playing nice. What's in store? Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, used last year's EclipseCon conference to criticize Microsoft's long-time lack of participation in the open-source community. Microsoft, he said, sent representatives to the conference every year who alwa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft working with Eclipse on Vista, ID links Microsoft's much-anticipated revelations about collaborations with the Eclipse Foundation Wednesday did not include joining the open-source tools foundation. But the two organizations are working together to enable use of Eclipse technology to build Java applications Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft gives Apache cash to promote open source Microsoft expanded its support for the open-source community on Friday by giving money to the Apache Software Foundation, the first time it has given money to the long-standing open-source project.Microsoft also Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux Foundation: We'd love to work with Microsoft Jim Zemlin is the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Formerly executive director of the Free Standards Group, Zemlin also has served as vice president of marketing for Covalent Technologies, providing products and services for the Apache Web server. Zemlin ha Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Moto split, Mac hack, Microsoft secrets Conferences this week put the spotlight on security news with a MacBook Air being hacked in two minutes during a competition and research finding that Microsoft patches holes faster than Apple. Otherwise, H-1B visas were back in the news, word seeped out that Microsof Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft sponsors Open Source Census Microsoft has become a sponsor of The Open Source Census, a project started earlier this year that aims to track and catalog the use of open source software in enterprises worldwide, the group announced Monday.T Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft bolsters Ruby efforts Microsoft on Thursday plans to delve deeper into Ruby programming, with plans to ship Ruby libraries and participate in a testing project for the language.The libraries are akin to any other software library, he Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Top 10: Microsoft mania, AT&T goes 3G, IT awards It felt like all Microsoft, all the time this week. CEO Steve Ballmer was attacked by an egg-throwing Hungarian, the company said it will support ODF and PDF in Office next year, and it started the week by pitching another deal to Yahoo that involves buying assets and Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft and Novell extend Linux partnership Microsoft said Wednesday it would purchase up to $100 million in coupons for Suse Linux support from Novell, furthering a controversial 2006 partnership aimed at customers who run both Windows and Linux in their server environments. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's Ozzie talks open source, mesh Microsoft has "dramatically" changed because of open-source software, the company's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Thursday as part of a wide-ranging discussion during the annual Most Valuable Professional summit in Seattle. He also talked about Microsoft's m Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft open policy faces scrutiny Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, decided it was time to make peace.That's one reason, according to Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's deputy general counsel and vice president of intellectual property and li Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft offers new products for governments In Berlin on Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled a product package aimed at local and regional e-government initiatives, in the midst of growing government opposition in Europe to proprietary software.Microsoft's Citize Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |