Lots of new and improved things coming out of Microsoft lately including the second beta of WebMatrix, the 3rd beta of ASP.NET MVC 3 and a brand spanking new open source package manager for .NET.

The NuPack package manager is designed to make it as simple as possible to integrate open source libraries within .Net projects ...

Hidden patents in Microsoft's .Net could derail an effort to develop an open-source alternative to the development platform.

The Open Source .NET column, written by Ian Davis, delves into the fast evolving arena of open source development tools. Ian is the Master Code Ninja for software architecture and development ...

Describing the move as 'the biggest transformation of .NET since its inception,' Microsoft this week announced the open source release of .NET Core 1.0, along with ASP.NET Core 1.0 and Entity ...

Open-source fans announce the first steps in an effort to reproduce Microsoft's .Net technology so people can use it without Microsoft's involvement.

Open-source firm casts its own .Net Ximian, a Linux firm, plans a project called "Mono" which is scheduled to compete against .Net--legitimizing software as a service while challenging Microsoft.

Today, Microsoft announced that it will open-source the entire server-side .Net stack — everything from the ASP.Net Web tools, through the languages, and even the underlying .Net runtime.

Describing the move as 'the biggest transformation of .NET since its inception,' Microsoft this week announced the open source release of .NET Core 1.0, along with ASP.NET Core 1.0 and Entity ...