So, now I'm an official contributor to Microsoft's Java API for Azure.  Who woulda thunk it?

We're using Azure at work, and had issues accessing it from our corporate network.  Fortunately, their Java API

• Uses Jersey under the hood to make Rest calls into the Azure management layer
• Hosts their source code on Github

So, like any other open-source product, I could get the code, find a solution that works for me locally and submit the change back to the project.  I can solve my issue immediately (without waiting for someone else to fix it for me) and I can provide my changes that may just help someone else down the track.

In this case, I could add some fairly standard code that allows Jersey to use a Proxy when connecting to the remote host.

I don't foresee myself being a major contributor.  But it is nice to see Microsoft walking the walk, as far as this project goes, with respect to open-source.