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I wrote X using MS API

"I wrote a program to let my Mozilla Thunderbird generate documents from templated emails, it uses Windows APIs...."

It's simpler if I substitute the word widget.

I wrote (widget) using Windows APIs. I did this without the need for license from Microsoft, since their APIs don't currently require a license. Yet some (Exchange related) now seem to.

The inference from my original comment was that I currently don't need a license to develop software that interacts with MS technology, yet Nokia did need a license.

That this is forming a pattern as MS closes its protocols and APIs and I think this is a short term move for them that will ultimately bite them in the a$$ as companies choose not to go down that route.

Posted by: Nigel Johnstone   Posted on: 03/22/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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