Prior to my current job, I spent the two years working for a consulting company, Infusion Development, here in New York. We did business both with Java and .NET, focusing on large Financial Services companies and State and Local Government. The company is a Gold partner for Microsoft, and did a lot of services work around Microsoft technologies.
I learned a lot of Microsoft technologies while there, and got an inside glimpse into how Microsoft ecosystem works. Another thing I discovered and took part in was the Microsoft community – the grassroots-run organizations that foster developer education, networking, and are thus a great asset to the software giant.
What really impressed me is just how large of a community exists around Microsoft and its technologies. This series of blog posts will describe some of the community efforts that Microsoft has, and how they fit together. I will then try to take some lessons from Microsoft and apply it to the Open Source Community.
Note: This series of posts is a precursor to a talk I will be giving at Open Source Business Conference in March.
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February 25, 2008 at 9:19 pm |
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March 23, 2008 at 11:05 am |
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April 15, 2009 at 3:40 pm |
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February 6, 2010 at 12:04 pm |
How do people put together such great blogs!
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