Does Microsoft have an open-source strategy -- beyond finding new ways to thwart Linux and other non-proprietary wares? Sam Ramji, Microsoft's Director of Platform Technology Strategy and the company's Open Source Software Lab, says it does. And it's a lot less touchy-feely than this definition, which is on the Microsoft Open Source Web site: "The Microsoft open source strategy is focused on helping customers and partners be successful in today's heterogeneous technology world." I met with Ramji last week when he was passing through New York on his way to Europe, and had a chance to ask him to provide a succinct definition of what Microsoft means when it refers to its own "open-source strategy." Ramji has been one of...