Microsoft has decided to release the Windows source code to licensees in response to continued criticism in the European Union that they have not fairly permitted third party programmers to implement successfully certain Windows Server communications protocols because of insufficient information.

Brad Smith, Microsoft Senior Vice President and General Counsel said in the press release, “The Windows source code is the ultimate documentation of Windows Server technologies. With this step our goal is to resolve all questions about the sufficiency of our technical documentation.”

This article was posted on Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 at 8:13 pm