Mandar Naik, director, Platform Strategy, Microsoft

I welcome this change in the name from LINUX For You to Open Source For You as it represents the increasing popularity of the open source development model on multiple platforms, both on-premise and on the cloud. It is important to note that the open source model has been very popular on platforms like Windows Server on premise and Windows Azure in the cloud.

At Microsoft, our increased commitment to working with open source has sparked tremendous momentum, and contributed to the rapid growth of open source software on Windows with the number of open source apps that run on Windows growing 400 per cent to more than 350,000— with 23 of the top 25 OSS projects running on Windows. Codeplex, Microsoft’s open source project community, has grown to more than 28,000 open source projects and more than 300,000 registered users. In Windows Azure today, the open source community has a very strong cloud platform that offers seamless support for open source development using technologies like Node.js and improved Linux support.

With the advent of the cloud and the changing landscape of information technology, I see the new and evolved Open Source For You expanding its horizon to provide even more impactful content on mixed source environments, both on premise and in the cloud. I wish Open Source For You the very best and look forward to the exciting content in the upcoming issues.