Open Source

December 21, 2018

Microsoft open-sources UEFI/BIOS from Surface for any PC maker to use

April 10, 2018

Windows 3.0 File Manager goes open-source; now works with Windows 10

August 19, 2016

Microsoft PowerShell is now open sourced and available on Linux

June 11, 2016

Microsoft releases its own Distribution of FreeBSD operating system

January 14, 2016

ChakraCore available under the MIT License at the ChakraCore GitHub repository

December 6, 2015

Microsoft to Open Source Chakra; Microsoft Edge’s JavaScript engine

November 7, 2015

Microsoft and Red Hat announce a Partnership

October 16, 2015

Microsoft now offers Open-Source software for academics

August 9, 2015

Microsoft releases Windows Bridge for iOS as Open Source

July 31, 2015

PlagueScanner, an Open Source multiple AV scanner framework released

July 3, 2015

Microsoft open sources WorldWide Telescope under the MIT license