+Vote!
D' Technology Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Microsoft has released all of the source code used in its Sandcastle project, which is now published at the CodePlex open source developer’s Web site, according to a blog . Sandcastle helps developers of managed class libraries create uniform documentation on their projects, using MSDN style. The Sandcastle project made the news in early June when Sam Ramji, Microsoft’s open source software...
+Vote!
All About Microsoft (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
After pulling its “Sandcastle” documentation compiler from its CodePlex repository site for failure to comply with Open Source Initiative terms and conditions, Microsoft is ready to try releasing “Sandcastle” again under one of its OSI-approved licenses. Sam Ramji, head of Microsoft’s open source and Linux team, posted a blog entry updating readers on the Sandcastle matter. Ramji also...
+Vote!
TechEnclave (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
... in Redmond. We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramjis group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog, said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange and a former marketing exec at SUSE Linux. With Gates departure, the only mammoth remaining is Ballmer. With him away in a near future, Microsoft will definitely open up. They have...
+Vote!
CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
ruphus13 writes “Now that Gates has ‘retired’ from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, ‘We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji’s group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,’ said Rafael Laguna, CEO [...]
1Vote!
TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
ruphus13 writes “Now that Gates has ‘retired’ from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, ‘We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji’s group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,’ said Rafael Laguna, CEO [...]
1Vote!
arnsteinblogg 2.0 (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
ruphus13 writes "Now that Gates has 'retired' from Microsoft, ZDNet is speculating that Microsoft will become much more Open Source friendly. From the article, 'We already see quite a different approach to dealing with OSS and OSS companies from Sam Ramji's group [which is] doing a great job in establishing dialog,' said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange and a former marketing exec at SUSE...
+Vote!
O'Reilly ONLamp Blog (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
... slapping my forehead and uttering a Homer-esque “Doh!” when I realized my error, I thought about Sam Ramji’s blog entry titled Managing Towards Open . And then, with all seriousness, it occurred to me that Microsoft’s Open Source Labs is performing somewhat similar work as OpenSource.gov by gathering intelligence about software countries (so to speak) with different philosophies like various...
+Vote!
MSDN Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
In case you missed it, this is from 6 weeks ago, on a Port25 post from Sam Ramji: Today, Bob Muglia and Brad Anderson announced that System Center will have the ability to deliver automated management across heterogeneous IT environments, such as UNIX and Linux. What I see as a best practice for commercial and community engagement with open source technology plays a big part in this. Specifically,...
+Vote!
Commercial Open Source Software (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
Forrester survey finds lack of interest in OSS? - Savio on Forrester's findings, interesting. Port 25 fighting the good fight: A story of SIP compliance and standards adherence at Microsoft Corporation - James Governor reports about s Sam Ramji's efforts to ensure Microsoft’s SIP softphone work with Asterisk open source PBX and SIP Server. Open Source European tour - Matthew Aslett is taking...
+Vote!
Internet News (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
... in industry projects like the [OSC] are relevant for the ecosystem in which we participate," Sam Ramji, senior director of platform strategy at Microsoft, said in a statement that echoed Weins. Ramji reeled off a list of other OSS projects Microsoft has participated in over the past year or two – "Apache, Firefox, and Eclipse; community development projects on Sourceforge and Codeplex;...
+Vote!
MSFN - Frontpage News (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
... in projects such as the census is relevant to the "ecosystem" in which Microsoft operates, said Sam Ramji, Microsoft' senior director of platform strategy, in a prepared statement. It is the latest gesture by the Redmond software giant toward the open-source community, which has long regarded it as a bogeyman due to actions like its claim last year that open-source software violated more...
1Vote!
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
I just got back from Microsoft’s Servers and Tools Business (SBT) summit in Orlando. There is plenty to digest. The story that really sticks in my mind though concerns Sam Ramji, director Platform Strategy, and his efforts to ensure better interoperability at the firm. Sam is the guy, in case you aren’t familiar with him, that announced a [...]
+Vote!
All About Microsoft (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
... to mind is why Microsoft is joining the census. The official Microsoft sound bite, courtesy of Sam Ramji, head of Microsoft’s open-source and Linux team: “Our customers, partners and developers are working in increasingly heterogeneous environments, and our participation in industry projects like The Open Source Census are relevant for the ecosystem in which we participate .” The Census...
1Vote!
Cnet (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Fix it, he did. , it was "doubtful [that] Microsoft was willing to risk the wrath of the OSI over a documentation compiler." I'd go one step further. Once alerted to Sandcastle's violation and to the importance thereof, it was doubtful that Microsoft's Sam Ramji and Co. would be interested in the code, however important/non-important it might be.
1Vote!
All About Microsoft (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
... Open Source Initiative-approved licenses under which Microsoft provides access to its source code. Sam Ramji, head of Microsoft’s open-source and Linux team, posted an apology on behalf of Microsoft to the OSI to the Microsoft Port 25 blog on June 6. He also said, per his instruction, Sandcastle was unpublished, effective immediately, from Microsoft’s CodePlex code-repository site. If and...
