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Microsoft's Olivier Bloch Explains Microsoft Open Source (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the we're-open-source-or-maybe-we're-not-we're-trying-to-figure-it-all-out dept.

Most of us don't think of Microsoft when our thoughts turn to open source. This is probably because the company's main products, Windows and Office, are so far from open that just thinking about them probably violates their user agreement.. But wait! says Olivier Bloch, Senior Technical Evangelist at Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc., we have lots and lots of open source around here. Look at this. And this and this and even this. Lots of open source. Better yet, Olivier works for Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc., not directly for the big bad parent company. Watch the video or read the transcript, and maybe you'll figure out where Microsoft is going with their happy talk about open source. (Alternate Video Link)

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  1. "we have lots and lots of open source around here" by Nexus+Unplugged · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...and yet, all of Microsoft's flagship products, AFAIK, are the polar opposite of open source. If Microsoft truly thought anything of open source, this should not be the case.

  2. Re:At Least Once A Year... by LifesABeach · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Amazing, their open source is .NET stuff; is .NET stuff open source?