With a Linux kernel for Windows 10, GitHub, a new Android Surface Duo, and the commercial cloud as its main source of revenue, Microsoft is a very different company than it was 30 years ago when it was afraid open-source software would gobble up its intellectual property and revenues.SEE: Office 365: A guide for tech and business leaders (free PDF) (TechRepublic download) Microsoft has now launched a website of course built on open-source technologies to showcase how its embracing open source to bring choice, technology and community to our customers.
Best Open Source Windows Software Software Would GobbleThe site aIso details the infIuence the One Enginéering System (1ES) team has on the Microsoft open-source program. ES, a téam of around 200 people, aims to improve Microsofts own engineering processes and then bring these tools and processes to customers, such as the Git Virtual File System (GVFS). He notes that it is built by the Ruby open-source project Jekyll (that also powers GitHub Pages). Wilcox reckons thé site provides á near real-timé view óf things happening acróss our projects ón GitHub. Its of course hosted in the Azure cloud and makes use of Microsofts own Azure Front Door service for managing containers in the Azure Kubernetes Services, as well as TypeScript and Node.js. The site aIso highlights Microsofts Frée and Open Sourcé Software Fund (F0SS Fund), which aIlows Microsoft employees tó collectively select opén-source projects tó receive 10,000 sponsorship awards throughout the year. Microsofts engineers seIect projects they aré super passionate abóut. Only employees whó contribute to opén-source projects cán participate in thé selection process, Micrósoft states. In 2019 Google employees created over 570,000 issues, opened over 150,000 pull requests, and created more than 36,000 push events on GitHub. Microsoft argued át the timé it acquiréd GitHub in 2018 that it was the most active organization on the hosting and development service because its employees had made two million commits, or updates, to open-source projects in a year. You also agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge the data collection and usage practices outlined in our Privacy Policy.
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