TheOpenAnalyst

Much of the reader feedback to “Why Windows Must Go Open Source” is saying, “No way.” But part of my hypothesis is the fact that Microsoft as a developer culture is much less averse to such a move than Microsoft as a business culture. Consider the Windows Template Library, code that’s now part of Google’s browser, Chrome.

Microsoft’s Windows Template Library is a light version of Windows Foundation Classes, which provide an efficient way for calling user interface services out of the Windows API set. A browser needs to make use of certain Windows functions for its own operations to succeed as a window on the Web. WTL makes those services available.

Microsoft Open Source Code Is Part Of Google’s Chrome | InformationWeek

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