The Associated Press is reporting, and Microsoft press sources are confirming, that Microsoft will license Windows operating system source code to outside parties, for the first time in the company’s history.
The EC (European Commission) has once again jumped on the heals of Microsoft with its interoperable ability of Windows. Microsoft has made a bold move to announce that they would reveal source code of Windows to comply, but will that be enough for the EC? It looks as if this is going to be the biggest chess game ever played by Microsoft.
“In order to address categorically all of the issues raised by the Commission’s December 22, 2005 Statement of Objections. That document asserted that Microsoft’s prior technical documentation provided insufficient information to enable licensees to implement successfully certain Windows Server communications protocols.”
Source: Toms Hardware Guide
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