The document outlines Microsoft's engagement with open source technologies and cloud computing, highlighting their support for Linux and partnerships with organizations like Canonical. Microsoft Azure is showcased as a platform that supports various open source tools and enables users to launch Ubuntu images. Additionally, initiatives like the Open Government Data Initiative are discussed, emphasizing transparency and accessibility of public data.

1. Microsoft, Open
Source and the Cloud
Mark Gayler
Open Software Lead, Microsoft

2. Agenda
 Microsoft and Open Source
 Open Source and the Cloud
 Recent Announcements
 ChronoZoom (Demo)
 Open Government Data Initiative (Demo)

4. http://www.microsoft.com/openness
Play well Listen to Open in
with others customers the Cloud

5. LinuxCon 2012, San Diego – Aug 29-31
 Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation – “State of Linux” Keynote:
 Windows Azure and Linux VMs
 Support for node.js
 Linux Kernel contribution

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8. http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2011/08/19/micros
oft-worlds-broadest-supporter-of-linux/
9/24/2012

10. Apache Software Foundation
Platinum Sponsor
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11. + Linux
“Microsoft is playing quite
nicely with Linux and other
open source tools. “
-Robert McMillan, Wired Enterprise

12. + Apache Hadoop

13. + Java

14. + PHP

15. + Node.js

19. Research Accelerators support open science – including open source
Research
Publishing
Management
Scientific Learning &
Computing Exploration
http://research.microsoft.com/Accelerators

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21. Play well Listen to Open in
with others customers the Cloud

24. Windows Azure Virtual Machines

25. Windows Azure and Ubuntu
 "Canonical and Microsoft worked together to ensure that
Ubuntu, tested, certified and enterprise ready from the start…During the
current Spring Release of Windows Azure, you can launch Ubuntu
images directly from the Windows Azure Gallery…In the Fall Release of
Windows Azure you will be able to buy support directly from the Windows
Azure Gallery.“
Paul Oh, Business Development Director, Canonical
 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-centos-and-suse-linux-
comes-to-windows-azure/11176

26. Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical – June 7th 2012
 “Microsoft has built an impressive new entrant to the Infrastructure-as-a-
Service market, and Ubuntu is there for customers who want to run workloads
on Azure that are best suited to Linux. Windows Azure was built for the
enterprise market, an audience which is increasingly comfortable with Ubuntu
as a workhorse for scale-out workloads; in short, it’s a good fit for both of
us, and it’s been interesting to do the work to bring Ubuntu to the platform.”
 “Just as we need to ensure that customers can run Ubuntu and Windows
together inside their data centre and on the LAN, we want to ensure that cloud
workloads play nicely.”
 “The team leading Azure has a sophisticated understanding of Ubuntu and
Linux in general.”

30. http://www.chronozoomproject.org
http://www.outercurve.org/Galleries/ResearchAccelerators/ChronoZoom
http://chronozoom.codeplex.com/

31. Open Government Data Initiative - DataLab
 Open Government Data Initiative (OGDI)
 Cloud Computing Application
 Runs on Windows Azure
 OGDI Interactive SDK - http://www.govdata.eu
 Open Application
 OGDI Source code is free, open source and customizable with via
https://github.com/openlab/datalab
 Can be used to publish data on the Internet in a Web-friendly format with
easy-to-use, open API's.
 API’s can be accessed from
Silverlight, Flash, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, mapping web sites, etc.
 Windows Azure Services Platform - will carry storage and transaction
charges depending on usage
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32. Government of Colombia
Open Government and e-Government
Government of
Colombia Transparency Cloud
eGovernment
Insight
Accountability
http://datos.gov.co

33. The Colombian Government, in order to contribute to
Transparency, Participation, and
Collaboration
and awareness of the importance of promoting initiatives that favor an open
Government, makes available this Web site that seeks to facilitate access to
and use of public data of the Colombian State
www.datos.gov.co

34. http://www.microsoft.com/openness