Open Use

After "Open Source" and "Open Marketing", what about "Open Use".

Microsoft this week, launched a new website: "Windows Live,"

This site aims to create a new platform that will bring some of its applications online so they can be used anywhere at any time.

The site will be free to users and Microsoft plans to support it with advertising. Bill Gates called the move a “revolution in how we think about software."

The "open source" trend is there, and as mentionned earlier in this blog, investments are increasing fast in this sector. "Open use" is coming along - ok, software giants such as microsoft are not opening their code, but change slighlty their old licencing model...to follow Google's step of course.

Microsoft can then be considered as the underdog here. not very successful at search so far, they attack from an other angle - let's see if whether they will be more successful.