What’s it like to be an open source company that’s also a Microsoft partner dependent on the Windows world? Not bad, says Barry Crist, CEO of Likewise Software. The rise of Linux in the data center, ...

After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft’s ...

We keep seeing some mighty strange talk from Microsoft these days. Not only is Microsoft a platform company now for Microsoft-based applications through the Azure platform, but Microsoft is embarking ...

InfoWorld: Please describe Microsoft’s Shared Source program and its relation to open source and give some examples of code made available through it. Matusow: We ...

These open-source apps fix everyday Windows annoyances so well, it’s baffling Microsoft hasn’t built them in yet.

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There’s been plenty of speculation this week about the consequences of the announced retirement of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But I’ve seen little that considers the consequences of the management ...

Digital Journal — “You can’t go forcing something if it’s just not right.” Those lyrics from Green Day’s “When I Come Around” could have worked as background music to Microsoft’s announcement today ...

For every yin, there’s a yang; for every action, a reaction; and for every piece of proprietary software, there’s an open source alternative. Or something like that. There are potential downsides to ...

Microsoft Corp. is providing the funding for a new foundation aimed at bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to participate side by side in open-source projects. According ...

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit series, NES, and Atari 2600. Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC ran on the same CPU that powered the Apple II, Commodore 8-bit ...