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Open Source gurus at Mix07

Some of the biggest names in Open Source were at Mix07 and participated in a panel discussion "Open Source, the Web, Interoperability and Microsoft". Img_0846 

Pictured left to right: Sam Ramji - Microsoft, Rob Conery - SubSonic, Andi Gutmans - Zend Technologies, Mike Schroepfer - Mozilla,  Miguel de Icaza - Mono, Novell, (William) whurley - BMC Software.

Miguel de Icaza has an excellent post on his reactions to the Microsoft announcements and the Mix conference.

A very impressive set of demos at Mix 07, the 72 hour conversation that Microsoft is having in las Vegas.

The focus was mostly around Silverlight, Microsoft's new web plugin to author rich application and tools used to design this content.

The whole Expression suite was adorable, and Blend is fantastic.

The demos were pretty amazing, Scott built a nice animation for an airline reservation system on stage.

Later the Open Source guys joined a chorus line with Microsoft's Sam Ramji in a demonstration of unity and harmony. Even though we might have different approaches to the software business, we all have the same goal...deliver great software solutions that solve real problems.

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Published Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:56 AM by Don Dodge

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About Don Dodge

I have been in the software business for more than 20 years. I started my software career with Digital Equipment Corp, aka DEC, in the database group. I worked with 5 software start-ups over the next 12 years. Forte Software was the first multiplatform object oriented development environment. AltaVista was the first search engine on the web. Napster was the first P2P file sharing network. Bowstreet was the first web services development environment. Groove Networks was the first secure P2P collaboration platform. Now I am at Microsoft...the biggest start-up in the world... working with VC's and start-ups in the greater Boston area. The goal is to help VC's and start-ups be successful with Microsoft, and together, provide great products for our customers.
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I have been in the software business for more than 20 years. I started my software career with Digital Equipment Corp, aka DEC, in the database group. I worked with 5 software start-ups over the next 12 years. Forte Software was the first multiplatform object oriented development environment. AltaVista was the first sear...
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