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Mainsoft
IndustrySoftware industry
Founded1993;31 years ago(1993)
ProductsGrasshopper
WebsiteCompany website

Mainsoftis a software company, founded in 1993, that develops interoperability software products forMicrosoft WindowsandLinux/Unixplatforms.[1]

History

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Founding

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Mainsoft was founded in 1993, mainly to propose integration products between Windows and other systems.[2]

Mainsoft was one of the main providers for theMicrosoftWindows Interface Source Environment(WISE) program, a licensing program from Microsoft which allowed developers to recompile and run Windows-based applications onUNIXandMacintoshplatforms.[3]

WISEsoftware development kits(SDKs) were not directly provided by Microsoft. Instead Microsoft established partnerships to several software providers which in turn sold WISE SDKs toend-users.[4]

After the WISE program, Microsoft extended its agreements with Mainsoft to portWindows Media Player 6.3andInternet ExplorertoUnix.[5]

Microsoft integration

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Since then, Mainsoft activity shifted to integration ofMicrosoft SharePointintoIBMproducts[6][7][8](IBM Lotus Notes,IBM WebSphere,Rational Jazz) and products focusing on.NET FrameworkandJavaEE.

To be able to develop WISE SDKs, software providers needed to have access toWindowsinternals source code. In 2004, more than 30000 source files fromWindows 2000andWindows NT 4.0were leaked to the internet. It was later discovered that the source of the leak originated from Mainsoft.[9][10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"About Mainsoft".mainsoft.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-01-28.Retrieved2009-07-03.
  2. ^"Mainsoft - CNET Download".Download.com.Retrieved2021-09-16.
  3. ^"Windows Interface Source Environment (WISE)".January 1995. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-03-30.Retrieved2008-04-26.
  4. ^"Bristol Technology v. Microsoft Corporation, 114 F. Supp. 2d 59 | Casetext Search + Citator".casetext.com.Retrieved2021-10-22.
  5. ^"Windows Source Leak Traces Back to Mainsoft".2004-02-13.Retrieved2008-04-26.Mainsoft extended its WISE agreement with Microsoft in March 2000 to include access to the Windows 2000 source. Microsoft subsequently employed Mainsoft to port Windows Media Player 6.3 and Internet Explorer to Unix.
  6. ^"SharePoint Integrator – Product Suite".mainsoft.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-01-28.Retrieved2009-07-03.
  7. ^"Mainsoft links Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Jazz".infoworld.com. 2009-03-17.Retrieved2009-07-03.
  8. ^"Sharepoint gets Notes 8.5 integration from Mainsoft".techworld.com.au. 2009-06-17.Retrieved2009-07-03.
  9. ^"Mainsoft Eyed as Windows Source Code Leak".internetnews.co. 2004-02-13.Retrieved2009-07-03.
  10. ^"Microsoft Updates Code Leak Statement, Mainsoft Fingered".windowsitpro.com. 2004-02-19. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-02-01.Retrieved2009-07-03.
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