Microsoft and open source: Difference between revisions

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In 2020, Microsoft open sourced the [[Java (programming language)|Java]] extension for [[Microsoft SQL Server]],<ref name="boxofcables.dev" /> [[MsQuic]] (a [[Windows NT kernel]] library for the [[QUIC]] general-purpose [[transport layer]] [[network protocol]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-in-house-library-for-handling-quic-connections/|title=Microsoft open-sources in-house library for handling QUIC connections|first=Catalin|last=Cimpanu|website=ZDNet}}</ref> [[Project Petridish]], a neural architecture search algorithm for deep learning,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/02/petridish-deep-learning/|title=Microsoft Open-Sources Project Petridish for Deep-Learning Optimization|website=InfoQ}}</ref> and the [[Fluid Framework]] for building distributed, real-time collaborative web applications.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Tung |first1=Liam |title=Microsoft's new Fluid Framework: Now it's open-sourced on GitHub |work=[[ZDNet]] |date=2020-09-10 |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-new-fluid-framework-now-its-open-sourced-on-github/ |language=en |access-date=2020-09-20 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Microsoft also released the Linux-based [[Azure Sphere]] operating system.<ref name="boxofcables.dev" />

In March 2020, Microsoft acquired [[npm (software)|npm]], the open source Node [[package manager]]. It is the world’s largest [[software registry]] with more than 1.3 million packages that have 75 billion downloads a month.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itsfoss.com/microsoft-npm-acquisition/|title=With npm, Microsoft Now Owns the Largest Software Registry in the World|first=Abhishek|last=Prakash|date=March 17, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/|title=npm is joining GitHub|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref> Also in March 2020, [[Microsoft]] together with researchers and leaders from the [[Allen Institute for AI]], the [[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]], the [[Center for Security and Emerging Technology|Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technhology]], and the [[United States National Library of Medicine|National Library of Medicine]] released [[CORD-19]], a public dataset of academic articles about [[COVID-19]] and research related to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>[https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-help-create-29000-article-covid-19-open-research-dataset-to-help-ai-save-us/ Microsoft help create 29,000 article COVID-19 Open Research Dataset to help AI save us]</ref> The dataset is created through the use of [[text mining]] of the current research literature.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Call to Action to the Tech Community on New Machine Readable COVID-19 Dataset|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/call-action-tech-community-new-machine-readable-covid-19-dataset/|access-date=2020-10-13|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=NLM Leverages Data, Text Mining to Sharpen COVID-19 Research Databases|url=https://governmentciomedia.com/nlm-leverages-data-text-mining-sharpen-covid-19-research-databases|access-date=2020-10-13|website=governmentciomedia.com|date=May 11, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

After exploring different alternative options and talking with various well-known commercial and open source package manager teams including [[Chocolatey]], Scoop, [[Ninite]] and others such as AppGet, [[Npackd]] and the [[PowerShell]] based [[OneGet]] package manager-manager, Microsoft decided to develop and release the open source [[Windows Package Manager]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Windows Package Manager Preview |date=May 19, 2020 |url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-manager-preview/ |language=en |access-date=2020-11-29}}</ref>

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[[File:PowerShell for Linux 6.0 Alpha 9 on Ubuntu.png|thumb|[[PowerShell]] for Linux on [[Ubuntu]]]]

* [[Microsoft Power Fx|Power Fx]] – [[Low-code]], [[General-purpose programming language|general-purpose]] programming language for expressing logic across the [[Microsoft Power Platform]]

* [[PowerShell]] – Command-line [[shell (computing)|shell]] and [[scripting language]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/overview|title=What is PowerShell? - PowerShell|website=docs.microsoft.com|date=June 28, 2023 }}</ref>

* [[Process Monitor]] – Tool that monitors and displays in real-time all file system activity

* [[ProcDump]] – Command-line application for creating [[crash dump]]s during a [[CPU]] spike<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ss64.com/nt/procdump.html|title=ProcDump - Monitor CPU/processes - Windows CMD - SS64.com|website=ss64.com}}</ref>