Microsoft Biology Foundation (MBF) 1.0 released

Global software giant Microsoft has recently released latest resources intended to press forward the know-how and paraphernalia accessible to researchers involved with bioinformatics and biology. Initially, the Microsoft Biology Foundation (MBF) commenced as a project concerned with Genomics research, nevertheless, it later developed into two modules – Microsoft Biology Foundation (MBF) and Microsoft Biology Tools (MBT). According to Microsoft, the MBF 1.0 is a language-neutral toolkit for bioinformatics toolkit built identical to a .NET Framework extension. An industry-related news website quotes Manager (Open Source Community), Microsoft Platform Strategy Group, Peter Galli saying that presently MBF 1.0 executes an assortment of parsers for general biometrics file systems; an array of algorithms for maneuvering DNA, RNA as well as protein chains as well as a series of features to biological Web services, including NCBI BLAST. He further said that everything concerning MBF, including the source code, executables, documentation and demo applications can be downloaded free of charge. Microsoft Biology Foundation 1.0, an open source project, is available under the Microsoft Public License approved by the Open Systems Initiative (OSI). In fact, this too is an open source license and all the resources are available free of any charge. While the Redmond-based software major is hosting the development and source code of MBF 1.0 on CodePlex, all other downloads are being offered through Microsoft Research. The statement issued by the software giant said that the company was delighted to announce the release of the maiden complete and secure version of the Microsoft Biology Foundation library for free download. It further stated that while the source code can be accessed, appraised and/ or utilized at any time, the company has made a resolute endeavor to offer a dynamic and steady edition for researchers who require an advanced quality. The statement further mentioned that since CodePlex has imposed a stringent policy of not enabling downloads that include dependence on closed source binaries; it has decided to move the installers as well as the general project information Web page to Microsoft Research.