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      Microsoft Expands Access to Windows Source Code

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      Peter Galli
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      July 19, 2004
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        Microsoft Corp. has expanded the Source Licensing Program under which its Most Valued Professionals get access to the source code for the Windows operating system.

        The Redmond, Wash., company said on Monday that all the MVPs within the Microsoft platforms community and living within the 27 eligible countries worldwide will now be able to access Windows source code at no cost.

        The source code provided under the program covers Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and future versions of Windows operating systems, including all released versions, service packs, betas and subsequent releases.

        MVPs, who are chosen for having a “unique set of expertise and passion” around Microsoft technologies and who are recognized for their contributions to online and technical communities, already have access to the source code components for Windows CE .Net, ASP .Net, Visual Studio .Net and Passport Manager.

        Microsofts Shared Source Initiative was first reported by eWEEK in March 2001, and the Redmond, Wash., software titan has been expanding it since then.

        /zimages/4/28571.gifFor Microsofts list of shared-source licensing options, click here.

        This latest move expands on Microsofts announcement last October that some MVPs living in certain countries and working in the Microsoft platforms community can access Windows source code at no cost.

        “This provides a great opportunity for these individuals to differentiate themselves professionally as Windows platforms experts. Today, Microsoft is expanding the eligibility of the MVP SLP to all MVPs living in eligible countries,” a Microsoft spokeswoman told eWEEK.

        MVPs have become one of the most active participants in the Shared Source program, and the move now allows an even larger community of MVPs to offer quality help for people developing, deploying and securing Windows environments, she said.

        Next Page: Sharing Windows CE source code.

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        Microsoft also allows MVPs to participate in the Windows CE Shared Source Premium Derivatives Licensing Program, but the company modified the program eligibility criteria a few weeks ago when Windows CE 5.0 was launched to allow any MVP to apply for participation in the CE program.

        /zimages/4/28571.gifFor more on Microsofts decision to share Windows CE source code, click here.

        Earlier this year, Microsoft also released the source code for its Windows Template Library under the open-source Common Public License and posted it on SourceForge, the open-source code repository. The Windows Template Library (WTL) is a library for developing Windows applications and user interface components. It also extends the Active Template Library (ATL) and provides a set of classes for controls, dialogs, frame windows, GDI objects and more.

        That move followed Microsofts decision the month before to make available on SourceForge an internally developed product called the Windows Installer XML.

        Microsoft has also not ruled out giving its MVPs access to the source code for its Office productivity suite. Earlier this year Jason Matusow, manager of Microsofts Shared Source Program, told eWEEK that giving access to the Office source code is “ultimately a possibility if MVPs come to us and say they want and need it.”

        “A lot of the MVPs are focused on the desktop and productivity applications, so we are willing to walk down that path and look at what that would look like. But its not available today,” he said.

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        Peter Galli
        Peter Galli has been a financial/technology reporter for 12 years at leading publications in South Africa, the UK and the US. He has been Investment Editor of South Africa's Business Day Newspaper, the sister publication of the Financial Times of London.He was also Group Financial Communications Manager for First National Bank, the second largest banking group in South Africa before moving on to become Executive News Editor of Business Report, the largest daily financial newspaper in South Africa, owned by the global Independent Newspapers group.He was responsible for a national reporting team of 20 based in four bureaus. He also edited and contributed to its weekly technology page, and launched a financial and technology radio service supplying daily news bulletins to the national broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, which were then distributed to some 50 radio stations across the country.He was then transferred to San Francisco as Business Report's U.S. Correspondent to cover Silicon Valley, trade and finance between the US, Europe and emerging markets like South Africa. After serving that role for more than two years, he joined eWeek as a Senior Editor, covering software platforms in August 2000.He has comprehensively covered Microsoft and its Windows and .Net platforms, as well as the many legal challenges it has faced. He has also focused on Sun Microsystems and its Solaris operating environment, Java and Unix offerings. He covers developments in the open source community, particularly around the Linux kernel and the effects it will have on the enterprise.He has written extensively about new products for the Linux and Unix platforms, the development of open standards and critically looked at the potential Linux has to offer an alternative operating system and platform to Windows, .Net and Unix-based solutions like Solaris.His interviews with senior industry executives include Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Linus Torvalds, the original developer of the Linux operating system, Sun CEO Scot McNealy, and Bill Zeitler, a senior vice president at IBM.For numerous examples of his writing you can search under his name at the eWEEK Website at www.eweek.com.

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