Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 21st Mar 2007 16:49 UTC, submitted by flanque
Microsoft is making key communications protocols available for license, so that third parties, including competitors, can link into the company's newest enterprise products. Some are available immediately. The list of available protocols, XML schemas and application programming interfaces include transport protocols for communications between Office Outlook 2007 and Exchange Server 2007.
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RE: But I don't see a change
by TBPrince on Wed 21st Mar 2007 18:09
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Microsoft still offers access to source code of their major products to qualified customers (Goverments for example). However, you can check the source code for information purposes.
EU asked them to release full specs for their communication protocols so that anyone can write interoperable software. It's a completely different matter.
RE: But I don't see a change
by Hiev on Wed 21st Mar 2007 18:18
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Microsoft had already provided specifications under license (not free) long time ago to the EU. The EU had refused those terms because it wasn't open enough. Am I missing something here? Cause it doesn't sound like new news to me.
Edited 2007-03-21 18:02