Keynote: Building an Open Source Software Culture at Microsoft - Stephen Walli

Keynote: Building an Open Source Software Culture at Microsoft - Stephen Walli, Principle Program Manager, Microsoft

Microsoft has been on an open source journey for the past 15 years and many things have happened along the way. Early efforts taught us what the community can do. The cloud changed our relationship with customers and partners. Openness has become central to how we engage. Yet not every step in this journey has been perfect or without controversy. The cultural evolution continues, and this keynote presents the how and why of Microsoft’s open source efforts across organizational boundaries, rethinking the ecosystem and collaboration and embedding open source into its global programs.

About Stephen Walli
I'm a principal program manager at Microsoft in the Azure Office of the CTO. I've worked with Docker, been a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett-Packard, technical director at the Outercurve Foundation, founded an open source start-up, and been a writer and consultant. I've been around open source software for almost 30 years. I blog about open source software, standards, and the business of software at http://stephesblog.blogs.com, opensource.com, and occasionally on Medium. I tweet as @stephenrwalli.