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Microsoft reverses controversial.NET change after open source community outcry

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Microsoft is reversing a decision to remove a key feature from its upcoming.NET 6 release, after a public outcry from the open source community. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Microsoft angers the.NET open source community with a controversial decision

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Microsoft has spent the past 10 years embracing open-source software and, at several points, even admitting it loves Linux and the open source community. The Linux Foundation even praised Microsoft for working with the open source community after the company joined the foundation nearly five years ago.

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Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects

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A developer appears to have purposefully corrupted a pair of open-source libraries on GitHub and software registry npm — “ faker.js ” and “ colors.js ” — that thousands of users depend on, rendering any project that contains these libraries useless, as reported by Bleeping Computer. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Learn Big Data Design Patterns in 11 Dec 2014 Webinar

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On 11 Dec 2014 we will be providing a briefing on lessons extracted from our research into the new Cloudera and Intel partnership. Please register for Architect To Succeed With Cloudera and Intel on Dec 11, 2014 10:00 AM EST at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6278032536606988546.

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Government Employees and Contractors: Attend 10 Apr Dialog With @LorenSiebert on Open Source DigitalGov Search Tech

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The kind of things he has been involved in include helping government agencies understand the power of open source technologies for search solutions. Thanks to DigitalGov University, government employees and contractors can attend a presentation by Loren on 10 April 2014 at 9am in DC. Popular open source search technologies.

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2014 Analyst Forum: Lessons Learned From The National Security Community

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The panel quickly identified several objectives for the intelligence community: the need for collaboration between data scientists and intelligence analysts, the necessity of utilizing open-source data, and importance of maintaining the upper hand in the public relations battle. — Michael Nelson (@MikeNelson) July 30, 2014.

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David Bray of FCC @FCC_CIO Discusses Public Service and Data Analytics at 2014 Analyst Forum 

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— Trajectory Magazine (@TrajectoryMag) July 30, 2014. — Seth Grimes (@SethGrimes) July 30, 2014. — Seth Grimes (@SethGrimes) July 30, 2014. — Michael Nelson (@MikeNelson) July 30, 2014. — Michael Nelson (@MikeNelson) July 30, 2014. Bray (@fcc_cio) July 30, 2014. Ah, bureaucracy.

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