Tom Hanrahan: Microsoft Takes Open Source Seriously

Aug 28, 2007

Collaboration with Novell on virtualization and Web service management, and quality of interaction between Windows and Samba are the next topics that Microsoft's Linux developer, Tom Hanrahan, will be focusing on.

After his move from the Linux Foundation to Microsoft in June, Linux developer represented his new employer for the first time at two US Open Source fairs, and was exposed to criticism both personally and for his decision. Hanrahan's blog entry can be seen as a response to his critics and an attempt to explain what he hopes to achieve in his new position.

"Microsoft is in the spectrum of balance between proprietary and open source just like everyone else", he writes, going on to say that the corporation obviously tends towards the proprietary, but that he has evidence that Microsoft takes ist Open Source commitments seriously. Microsoft recently submitted two of its licenses to the Open Source Intiative (OSI) for certification.

At the same time, John Lam, the developer responsible for the Microsoft clones, Iron Ruby and Iron Python, announced in his blog that both would be released as Open Source projects. "Both of these efforts reflect serious attempts by Microsoft to participate in the development of truly Open Source software.", said Hanrahan in his blog, going on to describe the core of his work as producing " mutual respect and understanding between Microsoft and the Open Source community", and asking for support in his efforts.

Related content

Comments

  • linlin

    欢迎，对珠宝首饰的主目录，在这里您可以找到互联网的顶级珠宝的网站，在几个类别列出。在这里让我谈谈链。此<a href="http://www.links-of-london....ondon-leads-fashion/">伦敦<链接/ 1 >类别包含有价值的信息' etrendy珠宝商项目是“链“ 。你能获得最新的informationabout的<a href="http://www.links-of-london....ays-sticks-with-you/">伦敦珠宝<链接/ 1 >的趋势，设计，风格和对连锁店呢？阅读以下文字，你可以有一定的认识。连锁店是一个<a href="http://www.links-of-london....nd-necklace-on-sale/">伦敦环“链接< / 1这些>珠宝商'这是几乎每个女孩和妇女，甚至男人佩戴项目。古朴典雅的链用于休闲服装和花式和重链的礼服使用。事实上，重新用锁链是在一个大小数目，风格和设计最常见的类型金< 。

comments powered by Disqus
Subscribe to our Linux Newsletters
Find Linux and Open Source Jobs
Subscribe to our ADMIN Newsletters

Support Our Work

Linux Magazine content is made possible with support from readers like you. Please consider contributing when you’ve found an article to be beneficial.

Learn More

News

Tag Cloud

Administration Community Events Hardware Linux Linux Pro Magazine Mobile Programming Security Software Ubuntu Web Development Windows free software open source