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 ...

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 ...

A prototype of the open-source SPARROW device, system, and solar array. (Microsoft Image) Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab this morning unveiled a new open-source project and AI-powered edge computing ...

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 ...

It took Microsoft long enough, but the company has finally open-sourced its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) code. The announcement was made at the Build 2025 developer conference, closing a nearly ...

Windows desktop has always felt like a curated showroom for Microsoft’s latest services. After all, the company’s defaults are baked into every corner of the OS. But what happens when you strip away ...

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Austria's military has switched from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice. The move was all about digital sovereignty, not cost savings. Other governments are moving away from Microsoft to protect their ...