Microsoft today announced plans to open source .NET, the company’s software framework that primarily runs on Windows, and release it on GitHub. Microsoft also unveiled plans to take .NET ...

Microsoft is planning to open source the full server-side .NET core stack and to take that open-sourced .NET core to Linux and Mac OS X, alongside Windows. Microsoft officials announced the company's ...

Microsoft is open sourcing some of the most popular Windows-centric .NET Framework components, particularly Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms and Windows UI XAML Library (WinUI).

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 ...

Microsoft has released the open source code for CoreCLR, the execution engine for its .NET Framework fork, .NET Core. .NET Core was opened-sourced last year, and aims to make it simpler to develop ...

Microsoft will leverage NuGet package technology as part of its open source effort, though some developers feel the move is too little, too late Microsoft’s latest plans for open-sourcing its .Net ...

Microsoft's sunsetting of the proprietary Windows-centric .NET Framework continues as the company has open sourced some of its most popular desktop components: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ...

In an effort to woo non-Windows developers, Microsoft is moving .Net Core, the open source, cross-platform implementation of its .Net programming platform, closer to availability. The release ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earlier this year, foreshadowing today’s announcements. (Microsoft photo) In a major strategy change designed to expand its horizons in the cloud, Microsoft will take its ...

In the move from the ageing, Windows-only .NET Framework to the new open source, cross-platform .NET Core framework, some technologies weren't invited along for the ride, but open source projects may ...