Microsoft Corp. is expanding a source-code sharing program for its Windows CE mobile operating system and giving users and software developers the ability to alter the code, provided that they do so ...

Microsoft is also in serious talks to extend the Shared Source Initiative program to ISVs. In an interview with CRN, Microsoft Shared Source Product Manager Jason Matusow said expanding source code ...

The release was not spontaneous, nor was it a leak, as the IRS had already been considering releasing the code as a way to demonstrate a commitment to public trust and enable independent assessment of ...

The open source movement, which began as an effort to ensure programmers had the freedom to modify and redistribute source code to support and learn from each other, is now a catalyst of innovation ...

Open-source risk is often simplistically reduced to security headlines about the latest vulnerability or bug count. Security matters, of course, but it is only one dimension of a broader risk surface ...

Microsoft Corp. last week announced that its Windows source-code sharing initiative is being extended to some 150 systems integrators in more than 30 countries. A Microsoft spokesman said feedback ...

Winamp, through its Belgian owner Llama Group, posted the source for its “Legacy Player Code” on September 24 so that developers could “contribute their expertise, ideas, and passion to help this ...