LXer: Microsoft removes barriers for open source on Windows 8

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06-11-2012, 10:41 PM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,382 Rep:	LXer: Microsoft removes barriers for open source on Windows 8 Published at LXer: Microsoft has removed a potential barrier to open source developers planning on using Windows 8 by reversing its decision to only allow its free-of-charge developer tools to create Windows 8 Metro applications. In a blog posting, Microsoft has declared that developers using the free-of-charge version of Visual Studio will now be able to write standard desktop applications for Windows 8 and noted that its move "will enable developers working on open source applications to target existing and previous versions of Windows". Read More...

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