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Oh, My. Microsoft Rejoins OMG!

Microsoft is clearly serious about interoperability. This week it announced that Windows Server will run under xVM, Sun's new hypervisor, and has crafted a bundle with Novell for SuSE to run under Hyper-V.

Now, on the software development side, Microsoft just rejoined the Object Management Group (OMG). This means that Microsoft's approach to software modeling could be compatible with Unified Modeling Language (UML) and with the ways others vendors approach the area.

Posted by Doug Barney on September 11, 2008


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