Tag Archives | Microsoft
August 29

Fred answers your questions about Open Source, Open Standard, Open Data, and Interoperability at Microsoft series

By on August 29, 2012 in Geek Speak

I know, it’s not always easy to find the right information about Microsoft, and what we are doing to be more open to the rest of the world, and other technology. At Make Web Not War, we try to share you the information we find the most valuable for you, but you may have unanswered [...]

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July 27

FoxIE: Modern browsers & standards

By on July 27, 2012 in Geek Speak

Who said that Microsoft employee throws water balloons whenever they see a Mozilla employee? And who said that a Mozilla employee make nodes laces of Microsoft employee each time they see us at conferences? We are both companies, doing Web browsers, working for a more open Web, and liking Web standards! Let me introduce you [...]

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April 28

Code Your Art Out-er Kowsheek Mahmood!

By on April 28, 2011 in Community Rock Stars, Featured

An interview with Code Your Art Out-er Kowsheek Mahmood, as he touches on why he decided to particpate and what prompted him to pick the project for The Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada.

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April 25

Open Source and Microsoft Panel Discussion

By on April 25, 2011 in Featured

Does Microsoft really care about Open Source? Is it “part of a ploy” or an earnest effort to “build bridges”? What does Microsoft do with Open Source communities & projects? This panel is your opportunity to find out! Here’s your chance to ask questions, voice your concerns, offer ideas, suggestions and vent, if you’re so inclined. Guaranteed to be a lively discussion!

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April 13

Open Source Week Vancouver

By on April 13, 2011 in Uncategorized

As part of the developer & Open Source community in Canada, Microsoft is helping to orchestrate an Open Source Week in Vancouver. We are pleased to confirm six events, starting with a Joomla User Group Meet-Up happening on the evening of May 3rd. Closing out the week is Microsoft’s Make Web Not War. This one-day conference focuses on the latest Open Source and Microsoft technologies available to the ever-evolving web community. This is an exciting week, with a lot of great people getting together and talking about the amazing things that can happen when technologies and communities unite. Vive Vancouver!

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April 7

Interview with Code Your Art Out-er Michael Nussbacher

By on April 7, 2011 in Community Rock Stars

Check out our interview with Code Your Art Out-er Michael Nussbacher, as he tells us his interest in helping people and making life easier for people through applying web development and how Epilogger was born.

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February 24

Vive Vancouver!

By on February 24, 2011 in Uncategorized

Julia recaps her trip to Vancouver for some pre-Make Web Not War community time. Features video interviews by Boris Mann and Chris Nicol.

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December 22

Things I learned at Jump In Camp

By on December 22, 2010 in Uncategorized

Written by Julian Egelstaff of Freeform Solutions I have to say, being invited by Microsoft to a week-long open source programming camp was not something I expected to happen, but it turned out to be excellent. I had the privilege to be among seventeen open source developers from the UK, US and Canada who got [...]

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March 15

Edmonton Releases its Data as Part of Microsoft’s Open Government Data Initiative

By on March 15, 2010 in Uncategorized

Edmonton is officially the first city in North America to sign onto Microsoft’s Open Government Data Initiative, and has released its first set of downloadable databases holding pertinent municipal data. The City of Municipality is using Windows Azure to host their open data catalogue. Here’s why the Opendata movement across Canadian cities is awesome: 1) [...]

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