System Center Guide

Since Microsoft recently announced their newfound commitment to interoperability standards to satisfy the EU commission, many have speculated whether this was another delay tactic by the Redmond, WA software giant.

However, tonight I was amazed to find the following text while attempting to download a file from the Microsoft website:

System Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems: Apple Mac OS X; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista; Windows XP

Anything in particular jump out you in that text? If not, forget it… this post isn’t for you. But those "in the know" will recognize that this is a significant departure from the normally non-Apple centric type applications. Could we be a few steps closer to open, cross-platform standards?