Me? I'm not representing any open source project, nor have I been invited to redmond :)
Thanks, Hetz On Jan 10, 2008 1:48 PM, Danny Lieberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good deal > Are you going? > > Danny > > > > On 1/10/08, Eli Marmor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The forwarded message was sent from Microsoft to Apache Software > > Foundation. > > > > I'm sure that there is an authentic good will, and it looks as > > חזון אחרית הימים: וגר זאב עם כבש > > > > (the utopic vision of peace and Geula). > > > > The last paragraph in the forwarded message mentions the "political" > > issue, and I recommend to follow the link to Ramji's blog (about a > > similar co-operation of Microsoft with Mozilla). > > > > As you see, I have only good things to say about it, and please don't > > make this thread dirty by trying to find "what is the evil purpose > > behind these steps". > > > > -- > > Eli Marmor > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. > > __________________________________________________________ > > Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. > > Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 > > Mobile: +972-50-5237338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel > > -- Attached file included as plaintext by Listar -- > > > > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:11:39 +0200 > > Received: (qmail 61228 invoked by uid 500); 9 Jan 2008 17:04:37 -0000 > > Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm > > Precedence: bulk > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > list-help: <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > list-unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > List-Post: <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > List-Id: <dev.httpd.apache.org> > > Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Received: (qmail 61216 invoked by uid 99); 9 Jan 2008 17:04:37 -0000 > > Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) ( 192.87.106.230) > > by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:04:37 > -0800 > > X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.0 required=10.0 > > tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_PASS > > X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org > > Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > designates 131.107.115.212 as permitted sender) > > Received: from [131.107.115.212] (HELO smtp.microsoft.com) ( > 131.107.115.212) > > by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:04:22 > +0000 > > Received: from tk1-exhub-c104.redmond.corp.microsoft.com (157.56.116.117) > by > > TK5-EXGWY-E801.partners.extranet.microsoft.com (10.251.56.50 ) with > Microsoft > > SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.1.240.5; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:04:14 -0800 > > Received: from NA-EXMSG-C107.redmond.corp.microsoft.com ([157.54.62.34]) > by > > tk1-exhub-c104.redmond.corp.microsoft.com ([157.56.116.117]) with mapi; > Wed, > > 9 Jan 2008 09:04:10 -0800 > > From: Garrett Serack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:04:08 -0800 > > Subject: Windows Server 2008 Application Compatability Lab Invitation > > Thread-Topic: Windows Server 2008 Application Compatability Lab Invitation > > Thread-Index: AchSVYJ3KkxBu4veTu6P0ky+yQE4rQAi9ifQ > > Message-ID: < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Accept-Language: en-US > > Content-Language: en-US > > X-MS-Has-Attach: > > X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: > > acceptlanguage: en-US > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > To: Undisclosed recipients:; > > X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by ip9.elmar.co.il id > m09HBcQI029225 > > > > 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 February 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > blog: http://fearthecowboy.com > > > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > Danny Lieberman > "All things being equal, the simplest solution tends to be the best one." > Occam's razor > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > www.software.co.il/ - Optimize your risk > www.software.co.il/blog - Israeli software, music and mountain biking > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tel Aviv + 972 3 610-9750 > US + 1-301-841-7122 > Cell + 972 54 447-1114 -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org
