Microsoft lands first licensee in EU protocol program
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it landed Quest Software as its first licensee in a protocol technology program formed following action by European antitrust regulators.
The program, which stems from the European Commission's historic March 2004 order, requires Microsoft to license its protocol technology at "reasonable and nondiscriminatory" terms. A goal of the program is to provide all licensees, even Microsoft rivals, with the ability to create server-based products that will interoperate with Microsoft's technology.