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> Monday February 25 2008 through Wednesday JANUARY 28 2008. > > (the lab is actually booked thru Thurs the 29th, so an extra > day is possible) So it starts in February and ends in January, and the room is booked through either of the following dates: Thursday, Nov 29, 2007 Thursday, May 29, 2008 Oh, my mistake; Microsoft doesn't use the Gregorian calendar. They have their own internal calendar definition where the year 1900 is a leap year, and who knows what other incompatibilities with the standard Gregorian calendar. In the Microsoft calendar, their description of the dates might be perfectly valid. :-) [hidden email] wrote: > What do you all think about this? > > Personally, I hardly believe anything Microsoft does is not motivated by > an anti-competitive agenda. What's the angle? > > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: Windows Server 2008 Application Compatability Lab Invitation > From: "GarrettSerack" <[hidden email]> > Date: Wed, January 9, 2008 11:42 am > To: [hidden email] > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Howdy, > > (William Rowe from the ASF suggested I post this to your dev@ list) > > My name is Garrett Serack, and I am the Community Program Manager in the > Open > Source Software Labs here at Microsoft. > > I would like to extend an official invitation to the Apache Software > Foundation > to participate in the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Compatibility Labs here > in Redmond. The Compatibility lab is scheduled for > > Monday February 25 2008 through Wednesday JANUARY 28 2008. > > (the lab is actually booked thru Thurs the 29th, so an extra day is > possible) > > WHAT IS IT? > ----------- > The Windows Server 2008 Application Compatibility Lab is an event where we > invite companies to bring their applications into our lab, and have the > opportunity to perform compatibility testing with Windows Server 2008. In > addition to gaining insight into Windows Server 2008, this also includes > unprecedented access to various product groups (developers, architects and > PMs) > inside of Microsoft, who can lend their assistance, give technical > information > and answer design questions you may have. > > Normally, we request companies send 3-4 attendees, and we usually have 3-4 > companies in the lab in a given week. Given the ASF's size and breadth, > we've > reserved the entire lab for the week for the Apache Foundation, and we'd > like > to see somewhere in the range of 15-18 people from a wide variety of > projects > attend. > > > WHO SHOULD COME? > ---------------- > We would be very interested in having several people from the Tomcat, HTTPD > and > Axis groups attend. Other projects including APR, Apache C++ Standard > Library > project, Harmony, and Maven.NET also come to mind. Any project that is > impacted > by the release of Windows 2008, or is looking to solve Windows-specific > project > issues, may profit from this opportunity. > > We are interested in having each project who deals with Microsoft Windows > compatibility or portability to bring small contingent of 1 or 2 developers > to > the table, so please chat within your own PMC or even your dev@ list first > to > determine who is most interested in attending this camp on behalf of your > project. Space is constrained, and we'd like to ensure that specific > attention > can be given to projects that need it. > > > WHAT'S THE COST? > ---------------- > The cost of the event itself is being handled by our team (the Open Source > Software Lab), all you have to do is actually get here. Some travel > assistance > by Microsoft will be available (hotel/airfare), *if* your employer can't > pick up such costs. As my budget is limited, how much travel assistance we > can > provide is linked to how many need to avail themselves of it. If you don't > need a subsidy, hotels can still be booked at MS's corp rate at most nearby, > saving some money. > > > WHAT IS THE PROCESS? > -------------------- > To track interest, please register for this event in the subversion file > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/hackathons/port25-08/attending.txt > > and send me an email with the following information: > > Full Name: > Street Address: > Phone Number: > Email Address: > ASF Projects Involved in: > Travel Assistance Required: (full/part/none) > Product Groups you wish to get access to: > Any technical aspects you'd like to address: > > INSIGHT > ------- > You might be interested in the "political" rational of why we value this > chance > to meet some of the ASF developers and help them work through Windows > compatibility issues. You can see Sam Ramji's blog entry about why we asked > Mozilla out: > > http://port25.technet.com/archive/2006/09/20/Why-I-invited-Mozilla.aspx > > Garrett Serack | Open Source Community Lead | Microsoft Corporation > Office:(425)706-7939 > email/messenger: [hidden email] > blog: http://fearthecowboy.com > > >
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