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5 open-source Microsoft Office 365 alternatives that won’t cost you a cent

If your main complaint with LibreOffice is that it looks like it's from 2005, then ONLYOFFICE is for you. The desktop editors ...

Microsoft: XAML Studio is now Open Source

The development tool for rapid prototyping of XAML code is now available as open source. It is on its way to version 2.0 with ...
Windows LatestOpinion

Microsoft is encouraging developers to build next-gen AI agents for Windows 11, as Copilot alone isn’t enough

“Native support for MCP + the new agent workspace unlocks secure, auditable, next-gen agent experiences built right into ...

Microsoft’s Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as ‘slop’

Nadella wants us to think of AI as a human helper instead of a slop-generating job killer. New data for 2026 indicates he ...

After OpenAI Code Red, Satya Nadella Puts Microsoft In Founder Mode To Win AI Race

The pressure has grown after Google launched its Gemini AI, which quickly attracted a large number of users. At the same time ...

How AI and Rust are rewriting Linux and Windows programming

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...
PC World

Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft open-sources Bill Gates’ 6502 BASIC from 1978

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Goes Transparent as Open-Source AI Editor

According to Microsoft, the decision to open source GitHub Copilot Chat stems from a growing demand for transparency in how AI-assisted developer tools work -- particularly around prompt engineering, ...
ZDNet

Microsoft finally open-sources (most of) Windows Subsystem for Linux

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 ...
The Verge

Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open-source

Developers will be able to download the WSL code and build it from source to help with fixes or features. Developers will be able to download the WSL code and build it from source to help with fixes ...
GeekWire

Bill Gates’ book ‘Source Code’ is a surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul’s early years

Bill Gates speaks with GeekWire about his book, Source Code: My Beginnings. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Never go to the dentist the morning after an LSD trip. That’s one of the more unexpected ...