Majora!
Ieri s-au luat niște decizii importante pentru viitorul Microsoft și rolul său pe piața IT. Pe scurt, vom publica o căruță de documentație pentru API-urile și protocoalele din produsele noastre ”de mare volum”, adică Windows, Office, .NET, SQL Server, Exchange și SharePoint. Este, dacă vreți, o extindere a ceea ce s-a făcut la sfârșitul anului trecut.
În afară de declarațiile oficiale de mai sus, Bill Hilf ne vorbește de colaborare și deschidere, Jason Matusow despre interoperabilitate și standarde, iar Gray Knowlton despre implicațiile acestor schimbări în Office.

Filed under: Interoperabilitate

# re: Miroase a schimbare

Friday, February 22, 2008 11:22 PM by naicul

Si Mary Jo Foley vorbeste despre retorica eterna a MS legata de „deschidere” si de „schimbari importante”. Pe scurt, ea crede ca afirmatiile respective sunt doar praf in ochii comisiei ISO care trebuie sa accepte (sau nu) OOXML ca standard.

# re: Miroase a schimbare

Friday, February 22, 2008 11:24 PM by naicul

Scuze, am mancat un link in postul anterior: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1207

# re: Miroase a schimbare

Saturday, February 23, 2008 8:59 AM by zoltanhe

MJ işi face datoria de ”ochi critic” însă postul ăla a fost scris în grabă, ca nu cumva să piardă valul/ştirea. A dres-o un pic după aia în următorul post.

Sunt de acord că avem o problemă de credibilitate aici: lucrurile astea se vor vedea în timp şi mai puţin contează declaraţiile de presă. E doar începutul!

E vorba aici de convins UE că am învăţat lecţia şi că suntem dispuşi să facem chiar mai mult.

# re: Miroase a schimbare

Saturday, February 23, 2008 9:48 AM by MrSmersh

Obisnuita problema de imagine a MS?

Softzilla etc, bine lasind field day umoristic sau chiar si asa mesajul ramine „And they really mean it this time” (Codeproject news).

# re: Miroase a schimbare

Monday, February 25, 2008 12:10 PM by zoltanhe

Matt Asay (Alfresco/The Open Road): “As a Microsoft admirer, critic, and competitor, I can’t help but applaud the depth and breadth of this move …  All in all, a huge day for Microsoft. Will there be gaps in Microsoft’s efforts? Undoubtedly. For one thing, it hasn’t really made much progress on its covenant not to sue commercial open-source providers, despite what Ina writes. But I’m impressed that it’s even bothering to try.”

Andi Gutmans (PHP/Zend): “I believe Microsoft has finally understood that their closed nature has significantly hindered the growth of their eco-system. In many ways the threat of Linux has by many been interpreted as a threat of open-source (wrongly so in my opinion) …. Microsoft is now enabling the open-source community to grow its contributor base around such technologies and significantly improve the delivered quality. As most open-source developers and users live in heterogeneous environments this will benefit many.”

Jeremy Allison (via The Register): „It’s definitely a positive step.  Doesn’t mean any change for us [Samba] as we already had all these docs, and the promise not to sue is only for ‘non-commercial’ open source, which is a bit meaningless. But that’s the same thing we had really (they’re listing the patents etc.).  At least everyone now gets access to the same info, which I’m very happy about.  As for the rest, the devil is in the details. If they can follow through with this, the world will be a better place.”

Zack Urlocker (MySQL/Open Sources): “… even if it was legislated, it’s still good for the industry. And it’s good for Microsoft customers. And ultimately, it’s probably good for Microsoft to be more open. If Microsoft wants to attract the next generation of developers and users, they should take the hint: Open works.”

# re: Miroase a schimbare

Thursday, February 28, 2008 10:17 AM by zoltanhe

Finatial Times: „The Commission is correct to be cautious. It has not yet seen what Microsoft will do in practice, and of what help the change will be to the company’s competitors. But it would be wrong to dismiss Microsoft’s move out of hand.”

# re: Miroase a schimbare

Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:29 AM by zoltanhe

Nu pot sa ma abtin sa nu continui…

Linus Torvalds: „I may make fun of Microsoft occasionally, and yeah, I think they do stupid things at times, but I think this one was a step in the right direction”

# Un nou val de documentație

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:00 PM by Weblogul lui Zoli

Încă un milestone din schimbarea anunțată în februarie : 14000 de pagini au fost publicate în MSDN Library