Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ever wondered what it’s like to open source a feature of Windows? Join the WSL Dev Lead and Product Manager as they catalogue the journey of WSL, from initial ideas to a fully open source Windows Subsystem for Linux.

This session will dig into into WSL’s unique architecture, and how we aim to build a healthy OSS repo to work best with the amazing open source community.

About Craig
Craig Loewen is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, who blends technical expertise with strategic vision. Over the past years, he’s played a key role in making Windows one of the best OSes for developers through his work as the primary product owner for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and now bringing AI tools and workflows to developers to empower them to do more.

About Clint
Clint Rutkas is a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft for Developer SDKs and Tools on Windows.

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