http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=72140
FTA: "..... Early this month, Microsoft said it was looking at forging deals with local software companies that are using open-source technologies to develop applications for the Windows platform. Roger Delgado, vice president for technical operations of D3 Systems, said the company has come up with a open-source based system that would allow Microsoft Outlook users to interact with mobile phone users using instant messaging or SMS, and vice versa ..... Bill Hilf, general manager for platform strategy at Microsoft, met with D3 Systems this June to strike deals with a number of independent software vendors. This was, as Hilf described, an effort to strengthen ties with the "open source community." D3 Systems has developed a mobile instant messaging solution called YehBa*, which also works on other existing mobile instant messaging platforms currently available in the market. ..... " Product Link: http://www.yehba.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=39 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
