tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439652399294426401.post982250390004912482..comments2008-07-25T23:24:57.116+05:30Sanjiva Weerawaranahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278760563625840210noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439652399294426401.post-20226028535750041622008-07-25T23:24:00.000+05:302008-07-25T23:24:00.000+05:30Your entry prompted me to write down <A HREF="http://blog.ranabahu.org/2008/07/microsoft-and-opensource.html" REL="nofollow">my own perspective on this matter</A>Ajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12859866208306327581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439652399294426401.post-69322372827853641822008-07-24T17:54:00.000+05:302008-07-24T17:54:00.000+05:30Hi Shaun! I hadn't seen your earlier post- agree with it completely. Its disappointing to me that most people can't get past the "you gotta open source something" nonsense.<BR/><BR/>Oh I don't expect they'll acquire anyone anytime soon! However, they do have significant marketshare and we want to be the ones that interop best with them so that customers who need to interop with Microsoft technologies (er, that'll be like everyone?) will find our stuff the easiest to work with. We cover Java, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Spring, Groovy, Jython etc. etc. .. basically everything except .Net. So it makes total sense to that we'd work closely with them to make sure everything works right.<BR/><BR/>Of course, someone <I>will</I> make history .. maybe it'll be Ringside!Sanjiva Weerawaranahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278760563625840210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439652399294426401.post-28857050302534597132008-07-24T17:21:00.000+05:302008-07-24T17:21:00.000+05:30I posted a blog a while ago covering MSFT's open source strategy. As you can see I tend to agree with some of your points:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://connollyshaun.blogspot.com/2007/11/microsofts-open-source-strategy.html" REL="nofollow">Microsoft's Open Source Strategy</A> <BR/><BR/>Moreover, I recently blogged about Microsoft Live Mesh, which strikes me as a great play for consumerizing cloud-based interactions:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://connollyshaun.blogspot.com/2008/07/wrapping-my-head-around-microsoft-live.html" REL="nofollow">Wrapping My Head Around Microsoft Live Mesh</A><BR/><BR/>Finally, based on their current strategy, I'm not convinced MSFT thinks it must acquire open source companies. If/when they do I will be surprised. <BR/><BR/>Is WSO2 trying to position itself to make history with MSFT? ;-)Shaun Connollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05536033402074599031noreply@blogger.com