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timezone · 09-06-2010, 09:25 PM

Microsoft's Open Source Contributions in code and dollars

Information week
Microsoft's contribution of 20,000 lines of source code to the Linux operating system Monday is not an isolated incident. It's the first step in what will be an ongoing set of contributions to ensure interoperability between Windows and the open source operating system.
The drivers contributed to the Linux kernel were ones used by virtual machines to connect to the Hyper-V hypervisor, telling it to use its library of drivers to connect directly to an IDE or iSCSI disk drive or to network device. Those three drivers represent the devices most frequently addressed by a virtual machine outside the server's CPU, said Greg Kroah-Hartman, lead maintainer of Linux drivers, in an interview Monday.

eWeek.com
Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 to the Apache Software Foundation over the next few years.

Intel.com
Microsoft recently announced the creation of a non profit foundation, CodePlex, designed to "enable the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities." Microsoft contributed $1 million to help get the organization started, and right now the board of directors has several Microsoft employees, but the CodePlex Foundation is an independent entity. The two non-Microsoft board members are Miguel de Icaza (Novell) of Gnome and Mono fame and Shaun Bruce Walker from DotNetNuke. They also have a board of advisors with many open source industry experts, including Larry Augustin, Aaron Fulkerson, Monty Widenius, and others. Microsoft has also announced that Sam Ramji is leaving Microsoft and will serve as interim President of the Foundation in addition to joining the leadership team of a new California startup.

MSDN - Microsoft site 7/08
Sam Ramji, Senior Director of Platform Strategy, just announced in his blog (from the OSCON conference in Portland, Oregon) that we are stepping up our participation and contribution to Open Source.

1.First of all we are going to provide monetary sponsorship to the Apache Software Foundation “This sponsorship will enable the ASF to pay administrators and other support staff so that ASF developers can focus on writing great software”.

2.We are also supporting the ADOdb effort by contributing a patch for it “This is our first code contribution to PHP community projects but will not be the last”.

3.Finally, we are putting an increased number of protocols under Open Specification Promise “We have established a clarification to the OSP that guarantees developer rights to build software of any kind and for any purpose using these specifications, including commercial use”
I think this is one more proof of us Microsoft being extremely serious in partnering with the community and wanting to expand interoperability between Open Source and Microsoft technologies which will provide enormous benefits for businesses and users (which is the ultimate reason for our industry to exists

09-06-2010, 09:25 PM	#26
timezone Addict Posts: 244 Karma: 1232 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Boston, MA Device: Windows Phone7, Kindle Fire	Microsoft's Open Source Contributions in code and dollars Information week Microsoft's contribution of 20,000 lines of source code to the Linux operating system Monday is not an isolated incident. It's the first step in what will be an ongoing set of contributions to ensure interoperability between Windows and the open source operating system. The drivers contributed to the Linux kernel were ones used by virtual machines to connect to the Hyper-V hypervisor, telling it to use its library of drivers to connect directly to an IDE or iSCSI disk drive or to network device. Those three drivers represent the devices most frequently addressed by a virtual machine outside the server's CPU, said Greg Kroah-Hartman, lead maintainer of Linux drivers, in an interview Monday. eWeek.com Microsoft may have helped its status with the open-source community by reiterating its pledge to deliver $100,000 to the Apache Software Foundation over the next few years. Intel.com Microsoft recently announced the creation of a non profit foundation, CodePlex, designed to "enable the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities." Microsoft contributed $1 million to help get the organization started, and right now the board of directors has several Microsoft employees, but the CodePlex Foundation is an independent entity. The two non-Microsoft board members are Miguel de Icaza (Novell) of Gnome and Mono fame and Shaun Bruce Walker from DotNetNuke. They also have a board of advisors with many open source industry experts, including Larry Augustin, Aaron Fulkerson, Monty Widenius, and others. Microsoft has also announced that Sam Ramji is leaving Microsoft and will serve as interim President of the Foundation in addition to joining the leadership team of a new California startup. MSDN - Microsoft site 7/08 Sam Ramji, Senior Director of Platform Strategy, just announced in his blog (from the OSCON conference in Portland, Oregon) that we are stepping up our participation and contribution to Open Source. 1.First of all we are going to provide monetary sponsorship to the Apache Software Foundation “This sponsorship will enable the ASF to pay administrators and other support staff so that ASF developers can focus on writing great software”. 2.We are also supporting the ADOdb effort by contributing a patch for it “This is our first code contribution to PHP community projects but will not be the last”. 3.Finally, we are putting an increased number of protocols under Open Specification Promise “We have established a clarification to the OSP that guarantees developer rights to build software of any kind and for any purpose using these specifications, including commercial use” I think this is one more proof of us Microsoft being extremely serious in partnering with the community and wanting to expand interoperability between Open Source and Microsoft technologies which will provide enormous benefits for businesses and users (which is the ultimate reason for our industry to exists Last edited by timezone; 09-06-2010 at 10:34 PM.