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Windows Interface Source Environment (or WISE) was a licensing program from Microsoft which allowed developers to recompile and run Windows-based applications on UNIX and Macintosh platforms[1].

WISE was based on an emulation of the Windows API which could run on Unix and Macintosh platforms.

History

WISE was issued in 1994. WISE Software development kits were not directly provided by Microsoft. Instead Microsoft established partnerships to several software providers which in turn sold WISE SDKs to end-users.

Source code leak

To be able to develop WISE SDKs, software providers needed to have access to Windows internals source code. In 2004, more than 30000 source files from Windows 2000 and Windows NT were leaked to the internet. It was later discovered that the source of the leak originated from Mainsoft, one of the WISE software providers[2].

See also

References

  1. ^ "Windows Interface Source Environment (WISE". January 1995. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
  2. ^ "Mainsoft Eyed as Windows Source Code Leak". internetnews.co. 2004-02-13. Retrieved 2009-07-03. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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