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According to this article from ZDNet, Microsoft introduced the term "Open Surface" to describe their goals for the cloud. It's very likely that the term will soon be used in other contexts also.Basically the term means that the source code is closed, but through open standards, different clouds implementations can work together and share data. So it looks open but it isn't.
Will be the same as every time. Microsoft plays open minded, but sooner or later the protocol will be supplemented with proprietary functions that can not be used by other software, so that they achieve a vendor lock-in, although playing the "We are so open!"-card.
Something about teaching old dogs new tricks IBM was a notable exception; they woke up and realised the world had changed so changed themselves to suit; it can be done.
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IBM was a notable exception; they woke up and realised the world had changed so changed themselves to suit; it can be done.
