Move over, Microsoft Singularity. There's another microkernel, C#-based operating system in town. And this one's available under an open-source license.

Unlike traditional open-source licensing, Microsoft's restrictive terms only allow developers to study the covered code -- it grants no modification or redistribution rights.

"This means VB.NET developers can keep using VB, and go to .NET, and get to .NET Core all at once," the company said in a March 9 news release. Upon running, the tool uses AI-assisted algorithms to ...