Rivals Skeptical of Microsoft`s Move to Greater `Openness`

Open-source enterprise content management provider Alfresco Software believes in offering customers a choice of the underlying stack on which it runs as well as the third-party software with which those users choose to integrate Alfresco, said Matt Asay, its vice president of business development.

"We applaud Microsoft's efforts today to open its APIs and protocols to enterprises and third-party software vendors alike, making it easier for companies like Alfresco to interoperate with Microsoft products," said Asay, who has been asked by Microsoft to serve as a consultant on these interoperability initiatives.