Microsoft open sources .NET

Microsoft’s new CEO has been very busy making changes to the software behemoth’s culture and products. The latest change comes as a real shocker for many who are used to Microsoft being a much more proprietary company. Parts of .NET will be open sourced, and will run on Linux and OS X.

Microsoft corporate vice president S. Somasegar announces the .NET changes on his blog:

Over the coming months, we will be open sourcing the full server-side .NET Core stack, from ASP.NET 5 down to the Core Runtime and Framework, and the open source .NET will be expanded to run on Linux and Mac OS X in addition to Windows.

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