As discussed in the preceding section, three decades of the Windows platform clearly indicates a closed source company. Interestingly, in the mean time, the industry was travelling in the opposite direction with the open source model.
After few years of resistance to the open source model, Microsoft was ready to align with the industry movement. Indeed, Microsoft initiated open sourcing more of its own technologies such as parts of the .NET platform. The Microsoft open-source strategy is focused to help their customers and partners to be successful in today's challenging heterogeneous technology world.
To make a safe landing, Microsoft's open source hosting website named CodePlex beta was launched ...
