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+# **Welcome to the .NET Foundation** #
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+We foster open development, collaboration and community engagement on the .NET platform. The .NET Foundation is the steward of a growing collection of open source technologies for.NET, Microsoft’s comprehensive development framework.
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+Please visit [www.dotnetfoundation.org](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org) for more information. 
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+## .NET Foundation Projects ##
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+Projects under the stewardship of the .NET Foundation currently include the .NET Compiler Platform ("Roslyn") as well as the ASP.NET family of projects, both of which were open sourced by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. (MS Open Tech). Xamarin has contributed several open source .NET projects, including the very popular Mailkit and Mimekit projects. 
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+See the complete list of [projects in the .NET Foundation. ](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/projects) and learn how you can get involved. 
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+## .NET Foundation Community Resources ##
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+- [.NET Foundation Website](http://www.dotnetfoundation.org)
+- [.NET Foundation Forums](http://forums.dotnetfoundation.org/)
+- .NET Foundation Blog (coming soon)
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