Microsoft adds some sugar to Windows
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Who doesn't like sugar? Especially on Valentine's Day? Microsoft and open source CRM vendor SugarCRM are collaborating in a technical partnership that will see a new Windows version of SugarCRM released under a Microsoft Shared Source license. The move may well be a herald of things to come, as Microsoft attempts to attract open source applications to its platform.
SugarCRM and Microsoft are expected to collaborate on improved support for Microsoft's Web server Internet Information Services, in addition to Active Directory and SQL Server. The new support will manifest itself in a new Microsoft Windows distribution of SugarCRM 4.5 that is set to debut in May or June. Version 4.0 was released in December 2005.