Fueling innovative software
July 15-18, 2019
Portland, OR

Open source @ Microsoft: A new terminal, shipping a Linux kernel, and VS Code? What's the catch? (sponsored by Microsoft)

Scott Hanselman (Microsoft), Kayla Cinnamon (Microsoft ), Yosef Durr (Microsoft)
1:45pm2:25pm Thursday, July 18, 2019
Location: E141/142
Average rating: ****.
(4.83, 12 ratings)

Windows 10 is shipping a Linux kernel. You can run many flavors of Linux, side by side, on Windows with deep compatibility and deep integration with Windows. New open source projects like a GPU-accelerated Windows Terminal and the popular VS Code editor are being developed in the open with lots of community involvement.

Scott Hanselman, Kayla Cinnamon, and Yosef Durr explain how and why open source is the new normal for Microsoft, showcase a ton of demos, and answer questions—including “What’s the catch?”

This session is sponsored by Microsoft.

What you'll learn

  • Learn how and why open source is the new normal for Microsoft
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Scott Hanselman


Scott Hanselman is a web developer who has been blogging at Hanselman.com for over a decade. Scott works on Azure and ASP.NET for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland. He has three podcasts: Hanselminutes for tech talk, This Developer’s Life on developers’ lives and loves, and Ratchet & the Geek for pop culture and tech media. Scott has also written a number of books and spoken in person to almost a half million developers worldwide.

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Kayla Cinnamon


Kayla Cinnamon is a program manager at Microsoft working on Windows Terminal. She specializes in design and user experience.

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Yosef Durr


Yosef Durr is a program manager lead at Microsoft working to improve the open source developer experience on Windows. His current projects include the Windows Subsystem for Linux, Windows Terminal, and WinAppDriver.