Microsoft is warning that the success of the open-source movement could hurt its sales, potentially forcing the software giant to cut prices and sacrifice both revenue and profits. "To the extent the ...

The division between proprietary software vendors and open-source providers is not as clear as some industry players perceive it to be. As more enterprises consider adopting open source technologies, ...

As program manager of the Shared Source Initiative at Microsoft, Jason Matusow is responsible for coordinating Microsoft' global source licensing strategy. ZDNet UK caught up with him. Q: Just over a ...

Microsoft said that it has learned a lot from its increased engagement with the open source world, adding that open source is also now the “accepted model” for collaboration between companies.

So, with the great amount of open source applications being built on the Windows platform and the support infrastructure from Microsoft, can we call Microsoft an open source (friendly) company? Of ...

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Steve Ballmer used to call Linux a cancer. Now Microsoft insists it loves open source. Everyone in the Linux world remembers Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s famous comment that Linux is a “cancer” that ...

When I first upgraded to Windows 11, I tried to convince myself that the interface quirks were just the price of progress. I ...

When Microsoft said it wouldn't rule out putting Windows in the open source domain, people scoffed -- but it could be a shrewd business move for the cloud era A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft Azure ...

Microsoft caused considerable consternation in the open source community over the past month, after unveiling a shake-up to the way developers will be able to monetize open source software. There are ...

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 ...

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 ...