Microsoft pens ode to open source projects, offers them Azure credits
(Windows Phone Central)

Do you have treats for open source project devs? Microsoft does. What you need to know Microsoft has taken the time to reiterate that it is aligned with open source technological values. To back up its words, it`s offering Azure credits to developers working on open source projects. Microsoft has already been doling out the Azure awards to existing projects. On the Microsoft Open Source Blog, a post was made announcing that open source project developers could apply to receive Azure credits for a year. That post started with a brief ode to open source, which will be pasted here: Open source software is an integral part of development at Microsoft, aligned with our goal to empower all developers to be successful building any application, using any language, on any platform. We are committed to building open, flexible technology and working with the open source community to grow together as an industry. To translate the buzzword soup consisting of `empower`s and `committed t...