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Microsoft, a technology company long known for its opposition to the [[open source software]] paradigm, turned to [[Embrace, extend, and extinguish|embrace the approach]] in the 2010s. From the 1970s through 2000s under CEOs [[Bill Gates]] and [[Steve Ballmer]], Microsoft viewed the community creation and sharing of communal code, later to be known as free and open source software, as a threat to its business, and both executives spoke negatively against it. In the 2010s, as the industry turned towards [[cloud computing|cloud]], [[embedded computing|embedded]], and [[mobile computing]]—technologies powered by open source advances—CEO [[Satya Nadella]] led Microsoft towards open source adoption as the company pivoted away from its former [[cash cow]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], and towards those technologies. Microsoft open sourced some of its codebase, including the [[.NET framework]] and [[Visual Studio Code]], and made investments in Linux development, server technology, and organizations, including the [[Linux Foundation]] and [[Open Source Initiative]]. [[Linux]]-based operating systems power the company's [[Microsoft Azure|Azure cloud services]]. Microsoft acquired [[GitHub]], the largest host for open source project infrastructure, in 2018 and is among the site's most active contributors.
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