Опять Майкрософт: открытость рулит
Стратегические изменения типа нагрянули. Суть заявления, сделанного с полчаса назад, без перевода (некогда).
"Specifically, Microsoft is implementing four new interoperability principles and corresponding actions across its high-volume business products: (1) ensuring open connections; (2) promoting data portability; (3) enhancing support for industry standards; and (4) fostering more open engagement with customers and the industry, including open source communities.
"These steps represent an important step and significant change in how we share information about our products and technologies," said Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer. "For the past 33 years, we have shared a lot of information with hundreds of thousands of partners around the world and helped build the industry, but today's announcement represents a significant expansion toward even greater transparency. Our goal is to promote greater interoperability, opportunity and choice for customers and developers throughout the industry by making our products more open and by sharing even more information about our technologies."
Microsoft Makes Strategic Changes in Technology and Business Practices to Expand Interoperability - Forbes.com
Измнения касаются Windows Vista (включая .NET Framework), Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server 2007 и всех продуктов, которые будут выпускаться в дальнейшем.
Это, кстати, объясняет некторые шаги фирмы типа раскрытия офисных форматов.