is Microsoft doing around standards and interoperability with Microsoft Silverlight?
As part of Microsoft’s continued commitment to openness, flexibility, and choice, the company is announcing: • The Eclipse Tools for Microsoft Silverlight Project – The open source project will integrate advanced Silverlight development capabilities into the Eclipse IDE and Eclipse Rich Client Platform. Developed by France-based IT solution provider Soyatec, the project is funded by Microsoft. These features will open Silverlight development to any Eclipse user and help facilitate the integration of Silverlight-based applications into Java-based web sites and services. The project will be released under the Eclipse Public License Version 1.0 on SourceForge and will be submitted to the Eclipse Foundation and released as an open Eclipse project. • Publishing the Silverlight XAML Vocabulary Specification under Open Specification Promise (OSP) – By publishing the Silverlight XAML Vocabulary Specification under the Open Specification Promise, Microsoft will better enable ISVs to read and wr
