On November 12, Microsoft announced the .NET core stack would be made open source and that it would be capable of running on platforms other than Windows, such as Linux, and Mac. Under their new CEO, the company has refocused on attracting developers, and they realized that many smaller groups, open source developers, and academic teams were choosing alternatives to .NET that were free and open source. With the open sourcing of .NET and the release of the free (as in beer) Visual Studio community edition, the company appears to be making the right initial steps towards adopting open source.
