Microsoft has de-coupled MSBuild from the .NET Framework, shipping it as part of Visual Studio beginning with the upcoming version, Visual Studio 2013. Will Buik, a program manager with the Visual ...

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Microsoft has been described as the "bete noire" of open source software, but that's set to change under Satya Nadella as Redmond moves its MSBuild tool, part of Visual Studio, into the public domain.

Since March, Microsoft has had designs on taking the Microsoft Build Engine open source and cross-platform as it ports it to .NET Core in the coming months. Progress is in full swing now. It's been a ...