http://blogs.technet.com/b/openness/archive/2012/05/24/open-source-customers-embracing-microsoft.aspxPosted by James Utzschneider General Manager, Worldwide Marketing and Operations We use this blog to talk about Microsoft&rsquo;s approach to Openness and our investments in standards, interoperability, and integration with open source software. Ween-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/openness/archive/2012/05/24/open-source-customers-embracing-microsoft.aspx#3499964Thu, 24 May 2012 22:13:15 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3499964davecottlehuber<p>Over the last 2 years I&#39;ve helped ensure that Erlang, CouchDB, and a number of other open source projects all work &amp; run using the excellent &amp; freely available compilers from the Windows SDKs. </p> <p>You can imagine my dismay to hear that the free C/C++ compilers will not be available in future, either in the Windows 8 SDK,or in Visual Studio Express 11 versions. This seems utterly senseless, and also counterproductive to building and growing a strong Windows 8 application environment. The above ports will cease, along with other high-quality and useful software. Nobody wants this, surely?</p> <p>This has been widely reported e.g. <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/no-cost-desktop-software-development-is-dead-on-windows-8/">arstechnica.com/.../no-cost-desktop-software-development-is-dead-on-windows-8</a> and also seems to be confirmed at <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/hh852363.aspx">msdn.microsoft.com/.../hh852363.aspx</a></p> <p>Please, tell us it ain&#39;t so?</p> <p>@dch__</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3499964" width="1" height="1">