1. Sam Ramji Senior Director Platform Strategy Microsoft Corporation

4. Dynamic Language Runtime Microsoft Health Design Tools IronRuby Singularity AIDS Vaccine Research Tools Windows Live APIs Classroom and Online Learning Tools AJAX Controls and Extensions ODF/OXML Translators IronPython Windows Installer Toolkit Haskell Programming Language Windows CE Rotor Shared Source Programs Launched Open Source Lab Formed First OSS Partnership with JBoss Codeplex.com Launched Industry Conference Participation Port 25 Launched Interoperability Vendor Alliance Formed Windows Academic Program Launched Partnerships - MySQL, Zend, SugarCRM, Novell, Aras, XenSource, Spikesource OSI License Submission OpenPegasus Learning Architecting2008… Experimenting 2001

6. Microsoft AJAX Library PHP Java Community Developers Commercial Developers Database Administrators Windows AdministratorsEnd Users

8. Ruby Libraries, RubySpec PHP Contribution: ADOdb Open Protocols

9. “The ASF Sponsorship program is an excellent way for companies and organizations to show their commitment and enthusiasm towards the ASF and The Apache Way, and helps to ensure that highly innovative, freely-available and openly developed software can continue to flourish and thrive within one of the most successful and respected communities in Open Source. Microsoft's sponsorship makes it clear that Microsoft 'gets it' regarding the ASF." - Justin Erenkrantz, ASF President