Microsoft announces. NET open Source: Key software technology compatible with all major platforms

Sina Technology news Beijing Time November 13, in order to further expand the cloud computing market, Microsoft will no longer put. and other key software technologies such as NET and Visual Studio are limited to the Windows platform and will be compatible with Linux, Mac OS X, iOS and Android in the future.

In addition, Microsoft has announced that it will open. NET core server runtime environment and framework source code, so that external developers can also contribute to this software development platform.

As part of this change, Microsoft will allow developers to use them. NET runtime environment and framework to develop server-and cloud-based applications for Linux and Macs.

Microsoft has also launched a full-featured new version of Visual Studio 2013, and will be free for independent developers, students, small businesses and other users open.

The company has unveiled Visual Studio 2015 and. NET 2015 previews, and offers new features to develop applications that are compatible with Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android platforms.

Microsoft's move is a big bet, designed to enhance the competitiveness of the azure cloud Platform by enhancing the agility of development technologies.

According to statistics, currently used. NET developers are more than 6 million, but developers still have the option of Java, PHP, node. js, Ruby on Rails and other languages, so the company wants to take this in with Amazon and Google and other enterprises in the process of competition to ensure long-term viability.

Microsoft announces. NET open Source: Key software technology compatible with all major platforms