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You’re invited to help us celebrate an unlikely pairing in open source
We are just days away from reaching a significant milestone for our team and the open source and...
Date: 04/16/2013
It keeps on getting better – Hortonworks highlights native Windows support for Apache Hadoop
Any time you can open up a platform to more options for interoperability, it’s a great thing....
Date: 03/13/2013
A collaborative snapshot of community-driven Web developer tools
Today Scott Guthrie blogged about new releases of Microsoft’s Web developer tools that reflect...
Date: 02/18/2013
VM Depot repository off to a flying start
It's been just one month since Microsoft Open Technologies announced the early preview of VM Depot,...
Date: 02/10/2013
Git now fully supported and integrated into Team Foundation Service
Here is great news for open source developers: Brian Harry announced today at the Microsoft’s...
Date: 01/30/2013
It's an exciting day for me
I've been involved with open source software for just shy of 15 years now. During that time I've...
Date: 01/28/2013
For your OSS image building and sharing pleasure … meet VM Depot from MS Open Tech
By Gianugo RabellinoSenior Director Open Source CommunitiesMicrosoft Open Technologies, Inc. As I...
Date: 01/08/2013
Simplifying Big Data Interop – Apache Hadoop on Windows Server & Windows Azure
(This blog was originally posted on our Interoperability blog) As a proud member of the Apache...
Date: 10/24/2012
TypeScript: an open and interoperable language
Today Microsoft announced the release of the TypeScript preview, a new open and interoperable...
Date: 10/01/2012
MS Open Tech is hiring - come join the fun!
I can hardly believe it’s been almost four months since we announced the foundation of...
Date: 08/13/2012
Windows Server Hyper-V is now a hypervisor for FreeBSD
As noted on the Openness@Microsoft blog this morning by Anandeep Pannu, Senior Program Manager for...
Date: 08/09/2012
Meet the team that is collaborating on open source projects at the MS Open Tech Hub
From Jean Paoli Since we launched Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. (MS Open Tech) as a subsidiary,...
Date: 07/19/2012
MS Open Tech @ OSCON 2012
If you’re at OSCON 2012 this week, drop by the Microsoft booth (#601) – we’d love...
Date: 07/18/2012
Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) – open-source implementation of DMTF CIM/WBEM standards
Microsoft and The Open Group have announced the release of Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), an...
Date: 06/29/2012
A New Milestone For Openness On Windows Azure
Today Bill Laing, Corporate VP for Server and Cloud, announced a very important set of Windows Azure...
Date: 06/06/2012
OSBC 2012: Advancing Interoperability in the Cloud
At the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco today, Sandy Gupta, the General Manager for...
Date: 05/21/2012
FreeBSD to run as a first-class guest on Windows Server Hyper-V
Today, at BSDCan 2012, Microsoft and partners NetApp and Citrix announced upcoming native support...
Date: 05/11/2012
Here’s to the first release from MS Open Tech: Redis on Windows
The past few weeks have been very busy in our offices as we announced the creation of Microsoft Open...
Date: 04/26/2012
Announcing one more way Microsoft will engage with the open source and standards communities
In case you missed it, I just wanted to flag this blog from Jean Paoli: I am really excited to be...
Date: 04/12/2012
ASP.NET, Web API and ASP.NET Web Pages Open Sourced
More Open Source goodness from Microsoft today, with the announcement that we are open sourcing...
Date: 03/27/2012
CodePlex now Supports Git
Great news for our CodePlex community: CodePlex now supports Git! Git has been one of the top rated...
Date: 03/22/2012
New Interoperability Solutions for SQL Server 2012
I am excited to share some great news about how we are opening up the SQL Server data platform even...
Date: 03/22/2012
Facebook C# SDK submitted to the Outercurve Foundation
I am pleased to announce another open source milestone as we continue to deliver on our commitment...
Date: 03/20/2012
Update: Microsoft, Hadoop and Big Data
I’m really excited to be able to give you an update on our strategy and product roadmap for...
Date: 02/28/2012
SAG Awards Drupal Website Moves to Windows Azure
The success of the recent Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards ceremony was buoyed by the move of its...
Date: 02/24/2012
Microsoft's CQRS Journey Project to Take Community Contributions
My colleague Grigori Melnik has a great blog post about the CQRS Journey project, which aims to...
Date: 02/24/2012
Open Source Plug-in Integrates Microsoft Live@edu with Moodle
As you know, educational institutions across the globe face the challenge of trying to meet...
Date: 02/23/2012
Microsoft at Node Summit
We are excited to be attending and participating at Node Summit in San Francisco this week. Among...
Date: 01/24/2012
Windows Azure Libraries for Java Available, including support for Service Bus
Good news for all you Java developers out there: I am happy to share with you the availability of...
Date: 01/09/2012
Open Source OData Library for Objective-C Project Moves to Outercurve Foundation
As Microsoft continues to deliver on its commitment to Interoperability, I have good news on the...
Date: 12/20/2011
Full Support for PhoneGap on Windows Phone is Now Complete!
Congratulations to all the people involved in the PhoneGap community for the recent release of...
Date: 12/19/2011
GigaSpaces shows Java + Windows Azure
Today Microsoft is hosting the Learn Windows Azure broadcast event to demonstrate how easy it is for...
Date: 12/13/2011
Openness Update for Windows Azure
As Microsoft’s Senior Director of Open Source Communities, I couldn’t be happier to...
Date: 12/12/2011
SQL Database Federations: Enhancing SQL to enable Data Sharding for Scalability in the Cloud
I am thrilled to announce the availability of a new specification called SQL Database Federations,...
Date: 12/12/2011
Preview Release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux Hits the Streets
Microsoft's SQL Server team yesterday announced the availability of a preview release of the SQL...
Date: 11/30/2011
jQuery Mobile Open Source Framework Support for Windows Phone
Hello web and mobile developers! As you probably noticed, jQuery Mobile version 1.0 was announced...
Date: 11/18/2011
First Stable Build of Node.js on Windows Released
Great news for all Node.js developers wanting to use Windows: today we reached an important...
Date: 11/07/2011
Microsoft, Hadoop and Big Data
In a couple of weeks it will be my one year anniversary here at Microsoft and I couldn’t wish...
Date: 10/12/2011
Open Source Community Participation at Think Tank Paris and Open World Forum
I recently returned from Paris, where I attended both the annual Open Source Think Tank and Open...
Date: 10/04/2011
OpenNebula Clouds on Windows Server Hyper-V
More good news on Microsoft's commitment to Interoperability in the cloud: last week Sandy Gupta,...
Date: 10/03/2011
Community Participation
I'm heading off to Paris this weekend to participate in the annual Open Source Think Tank and Open...
Date: 09/16/2011
Microsoft and China's CS2C Sign Cross-Platform Collaboration Agreement
Microsoft today signed a collaboration agreement with China Standard Software Corporation (CS2C),...
Date: 08/22/2011
Microsoft @ Oscon 2011: We have become more open, let’s work together!
Gianugo Rabellino, Microsoft’s Senior Director for Open Source Communities, just finished...
Date: 07/27/2011
Windows Azure Supports NIST Use Cases using Java
We've been participating in creating a roadmap for adoption of cloud computing throughout the...
Date: 07/01/2011
Microsoft working with Joyent and the Node community to bring Node.js to Windows
I am pleased to announce that Microsoft has joined Joyent and Ryan Dahl in their effort to make...
Date: 06/23/2011
Expanding Interoperability to Community Linux
Microsoft announced today that, with immediate effect, it will support Windows Server2008 R2 Hyper-V...
Date: 05/15/2011
The .Net Gadgeteer Goes Open Source
Today Microsoft Open Sourced the reference designs to the .Net Gadgeteer, a rapid prototyping,...
Date: 05/02/2011
WordPress on Windows Azure: A discussion with Morten Rand-Hendriksen
I finally had the chance to sit down with Morten at MIX11 in Las Vegas last week to discuss the work...
Date: 04/19/2011