OSCON Week: Microsoft And Interoperability

Using Microsoft and Interoperability in the same sentence makes me chuckle every time. Well, partly it could be due to my open source bias and I am not denying that. Off late, Microsoft has been making half-hearted attempts to embrace open source. I us…

Microsoft Signs Joomla Contributor Agreement

Microsoft has a love hate relationship with Open Source community. On one hand, it has realized that they cannot live without embracing open source strategically but, on the other hand, they cannot change their old habits. However, thanks to efforts by people like Sam Ramji and others, they are more open than anytime in the [...]

Sam Ramji Joins Mindtouch Board

Sam Ramji, who spearheaded the open source efforts at Microsoft and currently with Sonoa Systems, has joined the board of Mindtouch Inc. (Disclaimer: Mindtouch is a Diversity Limited client). Mindtouch is a leading vendor in the collaboration space offering both open source and cloud version of their product. They have a mission to support open [...]

Microsoft And Redhat Get Cozy With Each Other

We saw how Novell played the Microsoft game for years. After staying away from Microsoft for a long time, Redhat is getting closer to the proprietary software vendor. Recently, they came together to tell the world that their hypervisors will play nice with each other promise interoperability.