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Microsoft reverses controversial.NET change after open source community outcry

The Verge

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. We made a mistake in executing on our decision and took longer than expected to respond back to the community,” explains Scott Hunter , director of program management for.NET.

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

The Verge

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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What CIOs need to become better enablers of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Australia and Pakistan have seen communities wrecked by large-scale flooding and continual rain, while in 2022, Europe had its hottest summer on record. This represents an important transition toward independent ESG program management and away from dependence on ESG consultants and service providers.

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A love for sci-fi sparked Megan Brown’s STEM path and led to quantum computing at Microsoft

GeekWire

” A program manager at Microsoft working on Azure Quantum, Brown calls the job a dream come true. I’m a program manager at Microsoft working on Azure Quantum. Specifically, at Microsoft, the Quantum Development Kit is open-source, and we welcome and encourage any contributions to our code base.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

As a doctoral student she wrote Future Superhuman , the world’s first history of transhumanism which was published in May 2022. After working her way up the corporate ladder in the technology world, Rotich co-founded Ushahidi , an open-source software platform that crowdsources crisis information. Twitter: @EliseBohan.

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