Microsoft gave a status update today on its experiments on using the Rust programming language instead of C and C++ to write Windows components. In short, the experiments have gone well, and engineers ...

Microsoft has released Coreutils for Windows, allowing a stack of familiar "Linux-like" command-line utilities to run ...

Microsoft plans to explore using the Rust programming language as an alternative to C, C++, and others, as a way to improve the security posture of its and everyone else's apps. The announcement was ...

Microsoft is bringing Linux-style Coreutils and native WSL containers to Windows to simplify developer workflows.

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The switch from C++ to Rust aims to make the kernel more concise, secure, and efficient. Microsoft has already added a significant 36,000 lines of Rust code to the kernel, which has led to the ...

The company seeks software engineers to work on improving Rust compilers and tools for internal product groups, and to interact with the broader Rust community. Microsoft is building a team to support ...

Microsoft is redesigning C#'s unsafe code model so unsafe operations are more explicit, scoped, documented and enforced by the compiler. A recent .NET Blog post says the planned model "most closely ...

Recap: Historically, the vast majority of security issues encountered on the Windows platform have been memory-related bugs. Rust can provide a highly effective solution to this long-standing problem, ...

Microsoft is gradually integrating Rust into the Windows kernel and is also gradually converting Windows driver development. Microsoft is taking stock. Due to the complexity of the Windows kernel API, ...