MSN opens up to court outside developers
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft is encouraging software developers to write programs that work with its MSN-branded services -- hoping to boost the appeal of its online products with much the same strategy that lifted the Windows operating system to dominance.
Escalating its competition with Google, Microsoft next week plans to release a series of tools that will let outside software developers write programs that build on and use the underlying technologies in the company's MSN Search, MSN Virtual Earth and MSN Messenger services.