Development Libraries and Frameworks, Microsoft .NET, Software Development

Microsoft’s opening up of .NET allowed the metaphorical thousand flowers to bloom, with its governance under the auspices of the .NET Foundation. The model has encouraged a wide variety of new frameworks and technologies that build on its cross-platform nature and its mix of development tools. What was a monoculture dominated by Microsoft projects is…

Microsoft has donated its Mono Project, which has provided a .NET implementation on Android, iOS, Linux, and other operating systems, to the WineHQ organization, according to bulletin publicized August 27. WineHQ provides a compatibility layer for running Windows applications on Posix-compliant platforms such as Linux, macOS, and BSD. The organization will take over as stewards…