Via Ars Technica (full post here):

Microsoft wants to help aid in the development of Firefox. It sounds pretty scary, doesn't it? If you're still here, let me tell you that it's not as bad as it seems. Sam Ramjii, Director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab, has extended an invitation to the Firefox and Thunderbird developers asking them if they'd like to visit the company's open source research center. Microsoft's hopes are that, in a four-day span, the company can provide the open source developers with enough information to get the popular web browser running smoothly on Windows Vista.

Of course the tin-foil hats are out in full force with their conspiracy theories, but my guess is that MS wants to promote their upcoming WFP/E technology to make sure the FF devs get it right (which will be a very good thing *cough* flash killer *cough*).  It looks like they invited the Opera folks over to Redmond recently as well.

Regardless, if the FF team chooses not to go, it'll make them (and OSS in general) look like complete fools, so just go already.

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