Microsoft C# Chief Hejlsberg: Our Open-Source Apache Pick Will Clear the FUD

Redmond goes for deep-cleanse

“Pushing that button was one of the more impactful clicks of my career,” says Microsoft’s C# lead architect Anders Hejlsberg. The click in question was made on stage at Microsoft’s Build conference in April, and its effect was to publish the .NET Compiler platform, codenamed Roslyn, as open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.…