NEW YORK — Nov. 12, 2014 — On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. reinforced its commitment to cross-platform developer experiences by open sourcing the full server-side .NET stack and expanding .NET to run on ...

Microsoft (msft) has been developing a new version of its software development tools, called Visual Studio.Net, that will allow people to write and build Web-based software and services.

The expanded project types to foster a move to the new framework were in response to customer feedback, said Microsoft, which noted advantages of the language such as stability. "We've heard your ...