“Hugging it Out” with Open Source…

Congratulations Microsoft. Responding to your community? Embracing an open source model in a non-trivial way? These are big, admirable steps I thought I would never personally witness. It always makes my day to see another industry leader make business decisions based on the same market premises I believe. Customers want choice and flexibility. For those of us in the industry that haven't learned the lesson by now, the key enabler has become community developed standards. By working together, we only make each other stronger.