"Liuson is credited with leading the effort to make the .NET platform open source and cross-platform, though her role in this is tarnished by a 2021 incident when a .NET tooling feature, Hot Reload, was removed to become exclusive to Visual Studio."
"Despite that U-turn, Microsoft later shifted Visual Studio Code (VS Code) .NET tooling from the open source OmniSharp to the closed source, licensed C# Dev Kit, causing Mono creator Miguel de Icaza to say that 'the .NET platform is becoming closed, to ensure it is only useful if you are a customer.'"
"When Microsoft formed CoreAI in January 2025, Nadella said the new division would build an AI-first app stack, stating, 'Azure must become the infrastructure for AI, while we build our AI platform and developer tools - spanning Azure AI Foundry, GitHub, and VS Code - on top of it.'"
Julia Liuson, president of Microsoft's developer division, will resign at the end of June while continuing in an advisory capacity. She has been involved with Microsoft's CoreAI division since its inception in January 2025. Liuson took over GitHub after its CEO stepped down in August 2025. She is recognized for her role in making the .NET platform open source, despite controversies surrounding tooling features. The focus of Microsoft's developer strategy is shifting towards AI, with CoreAI aiming to create an AI-first app stack.
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