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Microsoft Lifts Curtain on Indigo Software

Posted by samzenpus on from the plays-well-with-others dept.

daria42 writes "Microsoft has released an early version of Indigo on the Microsoft Developer Network. Indigo is a new communications system intended to let Windows programs more easily connect to other software. Indigo was one of the three original "pillars" of Longhorn, however under the new plan it will be re-tooled to work with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, in addition to Longhorn."

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  1. Yet another lock-in scheme... by Ray+Alloc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yet another proprietary communications protocol in order to keep people trapped inside the windoze paradigm. Yesss. It's going to be a failure.

  2. Re:Certainly not -- they're scrapping the Win32 AP by mingot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There's a reason it is called Longhorn. Because you're really, really going to get screwed this time with all of the DRM.

    As someone who pays for the software they run (when commercial) and also pays for the smattering of media they consume, could you please explain exactly how DRM is going to screw me over?

    Also, considering that I write and sell commercial software, is a decent, working implementation DRM going to do anything but stop people from stealing (whoops, i mean infringing) from me?