Microsoft Opens Port25
Microsoft has opened it's door to communicate with Open Source Customers through Port25. Port25 will be used for communicating with people about open source, take requests and to show on what's going in Microsoft relating to Open Source tools such as Linux Distros. Hope to see more videos and interviews on this site from people within Microsoft with knowledge on Open Source tools.
Why Port25 ?
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?
Sounds like a good start. I am subscribed. Microsoft is doing way good with communicating with all sorts of customer base I think.