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Microsoft makes .Net open-source, finally embraces iOS, Android, and Linux

2014-11-12 20:46:54| Extremetech

It's a big day for Microsoft and its (soon to be even larger) cadre of dedicated developers: Starting today, Microsoft is making the core parts of its .Net framework open-source, and cross-platform on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Microsoft is also committing to adding Android and iOS support in the upcoming Visual Studio 2015. This is a bold move that will attempt to cement .Net, C#, and Visual Studio as the dominant development platform across Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, and Mac -- and, well, it might just work.

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Microsoft Opens .Net, Hops on Devops Bandwagon

2014-05-23 21:49:08| TechNewsWorld

Microsoft recently established a .Net foundation and open sourced substantial parts of the popular programming language, continuing to spread its newfound love for open source software. However, devops may be more of a driving factor. In establishing the independent .Net Foundation and making more key pieces of .Net open source, Microsoft was promoting collaboration and community, it said.

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Microsoft adds .Net compiler to open source offerings

2014-04-03 23:15:49| InfoWorld: Top News

Once viewed as the nemesis of open source -- and probably still seen that way by some -- Microsoft on Thursday nonetheless continued its week of gestures toward the open source community.

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Salesforce.com courts Microsoft .Net developers with new tools

2014-01-23 21:21:52| InfoWorld: Top News

Salesforce.com has announced a new set of tools aimed at Microsoft .Net developers in a move that acknowledges customers' existing investment in .Net and that could help expand the size of Salesforce.com's developer community. Salesforce.com had already offered .Net developers API-level access to its platform, but the new tools go further, said Wade Wegner, platform advocate, in a blog post.

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