Comments on: Me and Microsoft, Part I http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-RC1 hourly 1 By: The beast has awoken; or, The beginning of Web 2.0 at FactoryCity http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-45719 The beast has awoken; or, The beginning of Web 2.0 at FactoryCity Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:26:19 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-45719 [...] Allchin said something to me rather ominous when I had dinner with him and some other terrific folks back in January. After I’d introduced myself as a Flock employee and an open source [...] [...] Allchin said something to me rather ominous when I had dinner with him and some other terrific folks back in January. After I’d introduced myself as a Flock employee and an open source [...]

]]> By: WTF at FactoryCity http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2835 WTF at FactoryCity Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:06:55 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-2835 [...] Apparently the result of Scoble’s influence on Microsoft’s culturepor the slumbering giant is final waking up. Jim Allchin wasn’t kidding about “hearing us” (the open source community that is) as evidenced by Bill Hiff’s explanation of this new site: So why is it called Port 25? Some background on port numbers first. SMTP is short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and is the protocol for sending email messages between servers or from a mail client to a mail server. On a server, the port for SMTP is 25. When you open a port on a server, such as to allow for SMTP traffic, it is commonly referred to as ‘listening’ on the port. Port 25, therefore, is a metaphor for how we are opening the communication lines to for a discussion around Open Source Software and Microsoft. Cute, huh? [...] [...] Apparently the result of Scoble’s influence on Microsoft’s culturepor the slumbering giant is final waking up. Jim Allchin wasn’t kidding about “hearing us” (the open source community that is) as evidenced by Bill Hiff’s explanation of this new site: So why is it called Port 25? Some background on port numbers first. SMTP is short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and is the protocol for sending email messages between servers or from a mail client to a mail server. On a server, the port for SMTP is 25. When you open a port on a server, such as to allow for SMTP traffic, it is commonly referred to as ‘listening’ on the port. Port 25, therefore, is a metaphor for how we are opening the communication lines to for a discussion around Open Source Software and Microsoft. Cute, huh? [...]

]]> By: Rob http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2048 Rob Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:54:46 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-2048 >>actually, i have heard no news of Jobs donating to a charity or foundation, especially one in his own name, you? Perhaps Jobs follows the biblical code of giving: "don't let the right hand know what the left is doing" and not declareing your good deeds to everyone for pats on the back. Better check your facts before you make statements like that. >>actually, i have heard no news of Jobs donating to a charity or foundation, especially one in his own name, you?

Perhaps Jobs follows the biblical code of giving: “don’t let the right hand know what the left is doing” and not declareing your good deeds to everyone for pats on the back. Better check your facts before you make statements like that.

]]> By: John Tokash » More On the Jim Allchin/Vista SF Dinner http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2005 John Tokash » More On the Jim Allchin/Vista SF Dinner Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:02:01 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-2005 [...] February 1, 2006 @ 12:10 am · Filed under vista, windows Chris Messina’s Report Randy Holloway Unfiltered 2.0: Another blogger dinner [...] [...] February 1, 2006 @ 12:10 am · Filed under vista, windows Chris Messina’s Report Randy Holloway Unfiltered 2.0: Another blogger dinner [...]

]]> By: luxuryluke http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 luxuryluke Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:49:03 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-1989 oh, yeah, before you come back on that one, i AM just like everyone else. i don't like gates, but i like his money. not true for me. actually, i have heard no news of Jobs donating to a charity or foundation, especially one in his own name, you? I think bill has his good qualities. i've been taught to have a distasteful attitude by my peers towards bill, but when it comes right down to it, he does a lot of good things for the world. sorry. rambling. oh, yeah, before you come back on that one, i AM just like everyone else. i don’t like gates, but i like his money.
not true for me.

actually, i have heard no news of Jobs donating to a charity or foundation, especially one in his own name, you?
I think bill has his good qualities. i’ve been taught to have a distasteful attitude by my peers towards bill, but when it comes right down to it, he does a lot of good things for the world.

sorry. rambling.

]]> By: luxuryluke http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 luxuryluke Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:46:02 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-1988 Good ol' scoble, eh? Ah ha! I wonder if he can swing some of bill's philanthropy towards you guys to form the flock trust foundation. "sponsoring interface design and web usability in community application designers with small grants for startups" or some such shit. get on it, scobe! Good ol’ scoble, eh?
Ah ha! I wonder if he can swing some of bill’s philanthropy towards you guys to form the flock trust foundation. “sponsoring interface design and web usability in community application designers with small grants for startups” or some such shit.

get on it, scobe!

]]> By: Dimitri Glazkov http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 Dimitri Glazkov Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:00:35 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-1971 Aw crap. I thought it was going to be about Flock being acquired by Microsoft or sumthin. BTW, "Linda the organizer from ?". Where are the pics? Aw crap. I thought it was going to be about Flock being acquired by Microsoft or sumthin. BTW, “Linda the organizer from ?”. Where are the pics?

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Robert Scoble Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:42:59 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-1969 Yup, that's true! Yup, that’s true!

]]> By: FactoryJoe http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1966 FactoryJoe Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:56:09 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-1966 Hey Luke, a interesting anecdote: every time I see Scoble he likes to tell me that he gave Bill Gates a six minute demo of Flock as a demonstration of "what's going on out there"... So yes, I would say that Microsoft has <em>some</em> awareness of us... ;) Hey Luke, a interesting anecdote: every time I see Scoble he likes to tell me that he gave Bill Gates a six minute demo of Flock as a demonstration of “what’s going on out there”… So yes, I would say that Microsoft has some awareness of us… ;)

]]> By: luxuryluke http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 luxuryluke Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:18:49 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/01/30/me-and-microsoft-part-i/#comment-1964 Interesting article/dinner, chris! i hope this actually eases people's notions of microsoft as a corporation. they are living/breathing and notice things in the world just as you and i do. i'm sure there is someone at microsoft that discovered flock early on and mentioned it/ discusses at length about it with their crew. i'm guessing the reason they didn't chomp on you or rip you to pieces for being an opensource freak was because they were jealous. sure they've got colleagues to help them research, write code for them, and on and on, but for many people we have a kind eye towards a small group of people who fly in the face of large corps in front of the whole world and make a change. a change in the way the world browses. and like i said, i'm sure redmond took notice a while back... good luck, chris, and here's to you (barcamp chug)! Interesting article/dinner, chris!
i hope this actually eases people’s notions of microsoft as a corporation. they are living/breathing and notice things in the world just as you and i do. i’m sure there is someone at microsoft that discovered flock early on and mentioned it/ discusses at length about it with their crew.
i’m guessing the reason they didn’t chomp on you or rip you to pieces for being an opensource freak was because they were jealous. sure they’ve got colleagues to help them research, write code for them, and on and on, but for many people we have a kind eye towards a small group of people who fly in the face of large corps in front of the whole world and make a change. a change in the way the world browses.
and like i said, i’m sure redmond took notice a while back…

good luck, chris, and here’s to you (barcamp chug)!

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