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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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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

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Director of Product Management, Cloudera. Eva Andreasson has been working with JVMs, SOA, Cloud, and infrastructure software for 15+ years. Hittle is a Level III, top-ranked, Acquisition Program Manager and Systems Planning Research, Development, and Engineering Professional. Eva Andreasson. Mike Olson.

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Microsoft copied its new Windows Package Manager from rival AppGet, claims developer

The Verge

AppGet is a free and open source package manager for Windows, which automates installing software on Windows PCs. It caught the attention of Microsoft last year, after Andrew Clinick, a program manager responsible for the app model at Microsoft, reached out to AppGet developer Keivan Beigi.

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Tech Moves: Xamarin co-founder leaves Microsoft; OfferUp adds execs; and more

GeekWire

de Icaza, known as a leader in open source software development, was a distinguished engineer at Microsoft. Murdock Charitable Trust as CEO and executive director. — Andy Hickl , another former Microsoft leader who was principal group program manager for AI in Azure, joined Accenture as managing director in Seattle.

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An Update on @ForgeRock: This company is quietly transforming the entire stack of enterprise identity management, access control and authorization capabilities

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If you are a program manager, systems architect, software engineers or CIO/CTO/CISO you should really be tracking what this very virtuous firm is doing. Our solutions are delivered to you through a simple Open Identity Stack used to build reusable and efficient business processes and controls.

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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO Business Intelligence

There are many, often overlapping approaches to managing projects, the most popular of which are waterfall, agile, hybrid, critical path method, and critical chain project management , among others. Project manager : Plays the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing of individual projects.