Comments on: Microsoft Announces Open Source Interoperability Initiative http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/open-source-interoperability-initiative.html This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: haochelahttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/open-source-interoperability-initiative.html#comment-142997 haochela Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:18:45 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/open-source-interoperability-initiative.html#comment-142997 Off the cuff I see two interesting developments here with respect to Exchange. The first is that they decided to even open the Exchange API at all. Second, the announcement of an "open connection" policy to M$ Exchange services would appear to be a big change in policy considering how complex the licensing and byzantine their distribution system for exchange server CALs is. Keeping in mind that pettiness and tastelessness have made them so much money in the past, it will be interesting to see what code for M$ exchange actually releases. Side note #1: Does anybody think they'll let go of free-busy? Side note #2: If this is for real, what's in it for them? Off the cuff I see two interesting developments here with respect to Exchange. The first is that they decided to even open the Exchange API at all. Second, the announcement of an “open connection” policy to M$ Exchange services would appear to be a big change in policy considering how complex the licensing and byzantine their distribution system for exchange server CALs is. Keeping in mind that pettiness and tastelessness have made them so much money in the past, it will be interesting to see what code for M$ exchange actually releases.

Side note #1: Does anybody think they’ll let go of free-busy?

Side note #2: If this is for real, what’s in it for them?

]]> By: Anjaneshhttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/open-source-interoperability-initiative.html#comment-142995 Anjanesh Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:50:33 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/open-source-interoperability-initiative.html#comment-142995 Microsoft is really trying hard to win back its '90s days ! I think they'll success if they start supporting open-source initiatives. Microsoft is really trying hard to win back its ’90s days ! I think they’ll success if they start supporting open-source initiatives.

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