Unchained Software: Microsoft liberates APIs
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Outlining a major push for software interoperability, Microsoft today announced that it would make key elements of some its most widely distributed products freely available to developers.
Open source developers and competitors will now make available a vast repository of documentation to create products compatible with the Windows operating system and other Microsoft products.
"Today Microsoft is describing a set of fairly broad changes to our technology and business practices, designed to further increase the openness of our products, and to drive greater interoperability and choice for developers, for partners and for competitors," CEO Steve Ballmer said on a call with press and analysts.