Apple woos open source to Rendezvous. The Mac maker says it’s not just opening up the source code for its Rendezvous networking tool–it’s actively courting open-source developers to work with the technology.
Interesting. Apple, HP, and Lexmark (IBM, really) were all part of the original group of companies that supported Universal Plug and Play in 1998. A lot of folks have worked on the problem of automatically discovering network resources. I wonder why this new effort is emerging? Has Microsoft stonewalled efforts to update UPnP to the point where nobody wants to play anymore?
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
