The Interoperability Principles
Working in a competitive environment for a successful company, one often hears perceptions of different leaders. Some are intelligent issues, and some are of a different category – myths, lies, FUD, etc. Since I heard one today that was incomprehensible to me and my personal integrity, I had to look this up and wanted to make a record of this information for future un-FUD-ing.
Microsoft recognizes the important responsibilities that it bears by virtue of the mission-critical use of its products by customers worldwide on a daily basis. Certain Microsoft products (Windows Vista including the .NET Framework, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange 2007, and Office SharePoint Server 2007, and future versions of these products, referred to in this document as “high-volume products”) have become so central to operational continuity of customers’ businesses that interoperability and data portability solutions are more valued than ever. To promote such interoperability and ensure the continued appeal of its products to developers and customers, Microsoft is committed to designing these high-volume products, and to running its business, in accordance with the following principles addressed to open connections to its products, support for industry standards and data portability…
- Open Connections to Microsoft Products
- Greater Opportunity and Choice…
- Microsoft is providing open connections to its high-volume products…
- https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc216514.aspx
- Data Portability
- Giving customer control over the data they’ve created and want to share…
- https://www.microsoft.com/interop/news/rssfeed.aspx
- Enhanced Support for Standards
- Listening to customer and industry input, sharing information about how we implement standards…
- https://www.microsoft.com/standards/
- Open Engagement
- Inviting you to join the conversation…
- https://www.microsoft.com/interop/forum/