MindTouch Welcomes Microsoft`s Expanded Transparency and Open Interoperability
Released on: February 22, 2008, 11:13 am
Press Release Author: Miiko Mentz
Industry: Internet & Online
Press Release Summary: MindTouch Welcomes Microsoft\'s Expanded Transparency and Open Interoperability
Press Release Body: San Diego, Calif., February 21, 2008 - MindTouch, the open source wiki platform company and developer of Deki Wiki, welcomed Microsoft's newly announced strategy to promote interoperability by increasing the openness of its products to outside developers. As a leader in the open source .Net community, MindTouch believes this move by Microsoft will encourage innovation in software development.
\"This announcement is positive and is clearly part of a continued effort by Microsoft to open up to the large community of open source developers," observed Aaron Fulkerson, Founder and CEO of MindTouch. "In the past there has been a cloud over open source projects that were building on and extending the Microsoft platform because of the potential for litigation. This concern has been repeated by leading analysts such as Gartner and others. As a result there was a dampening effect on innovation that has just been lessened." MindTouch Deki Wiki is a free open source wiki and application platform for authoring, aggregating, organizing, and sharing content. The easy-to-use solution makes it simple for non-technical users to create web pages and instantly collaborate on text, files, and emails. Unlike other wikis, Deki Wiki is a customizable, scalable platform that enables users to create custom collaborative solutions and connect wikis to existing infrastructure - including mashup systems, databases, external services, and Web 2.0 applications. Fulkerson continued, \"With this announcement, Microsoft is showing evidence of accepting the fact that innovation on their platform is increasingly coming from open source ISVs such as MindTouch.\"
Deki Wiki is the world's most popular enterprise wiki, with more than 100,000 installations. The software, released under GPL and LGPL, is free for download and use without restrictions. MindTouch backs Deki Wiki with professional support for businesses and communities. To learn more, visit http://MindTouch.com.
About MindTouch
Founded in 2005 and based in San Diego, Calif., MindTouch (wiki.mindtouch.com) is an open source wiki platform company.
MindTouch wiki communities are deployed by small to large enterprises, research institutions, government agencies, media companies and online communities worldwide. Customers include Fujitsu, Siemens, Gazette Communications, U.S. Army, EMC2 and others.
The company is actively engaged in the open source community and is dedicated to cultivating ideas and solutions through its unique OpenGarden portal (www.opengarden.org).
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