Microsoft supports the work of open source

Microsoft has its own quality, advocates of open source code.

She cash for the Apache organization, monitors the development of open-source web server software.

He also promised to open part of its software and communication protocols, so that developers can freely explore and use.

Trains will be important for Microsoft, because the former opposition on how open source software is written and saved.

Cash and code

There were ads on Open Source Convention in a speech Sam Ramji – director of platform strategy for Microsoft.

The software is written in the context of the ethics of open-source developer offers free access to the internal functioning of the Code.

Unlike source software from Microsoft, hides and serves only to a limited number of people.

In the past, this gap, Microsoft criticized the free software movement and its methods of development.

European Union regulators for many years fought to force Microsoft to release the source code of its Windows, and voted against the company exceeded 1.6 million in the past five years because its software more compatible with rivals.

In his speech, Mr Ramji announced that Microsoft has become a platinum sponsor Apache Software Foundation. Microsoft does not disclose how much money, but at the Platinum sponsor makes donations at least 100,000 dollars (£ 50,000).

Many other Apache Web-server software works Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS). According to Web tracking firm Netcraft 49% of the Apache web period, compared with 35.9% for IIS from Microsoft.

Donation happens after Microsoft has partnerships with some developers Apache organization to open its document formats.

In the blog explaining its decision, Mr. Ramji said the movement should not be regarded as a deviation from their own web server software.

Microsoft also promised to release detailed information on some of its communications protocols under the promise of open source. This allows developers for their own purposes without fear of prosecution of Microsoft.

Finally, Microsoft has helped create a patch of open-source database project.

adapted from http://news.bbc.co.uk