Lots of new and improved things coming out of Microsoft lately including the second beta of WebMatrix, the 3rd beta of ASP.NET MVC 3 and a brand spanking new open source package manager for .NET.

The NuPack package manager is designed to make it as simple as possible to integrate open source libraries within .Net projects ...

In a move that could diminish Microsoft's control over its own software, open-source proponents on Monday announced the first steps in an effort to reproduce .Net's structure.

Open source interoperability makes it easier and less costly to develop and manage mixed IT environment; Local developers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) excited about Microsoft’s end-to-end ...

Microsoft credits open source and cross-platform support for the increased adoption of its software development platform.