In a landmark event for the tech industry, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Linux creator Linus Torvalds met for the first time during a dinner hosted by Microsoft's Azure CTO, Mark Russinovich. This gathering, which also included software luminary David Cutler, was captured in a photograph...
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In a landmark event for the tech industry, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Linux creator Linus Torvalds recently met in person for the first time. The meeting took place during a dinner hosted by Microsoft's Azure CTO, Mark Russinovich, who shared a photograph of the gathering on LinkedIn...
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For almost a decade, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has symbolized a remarkable convergence of the Windows and Linux worlds—its evolution mirroring the shifting priorities of developers and IT professionals worldwide. Now, in an announcement at Microsoft Build 2025, Microsoft has open-sourced...
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Few stories in the computing world capture the complex evolution of Microsoft's relationship with open source like the saga of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). With the company's recent move to open-source “almost everything” in WSL, this announcement represents both a technical milestone...
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Microsoft’s decision to open source the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) marks one of the most significant inflection points in its continuing journey toward openness and community-driven development. This move, revealed during the Build 2025 developer keynote, signals Microsoft’s renewed...
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