In the 1990's version of events, the open standards eventually won over – which both Microsoft and Adobe have recognized as they have released source code and API details for some parts of their platforms.
For instance, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, an investment bank, has released the source code for programs that link different computer systems within the firm.
Microsoft has released open source tools for people to build their own chatbots, as it set out its view of the immediate future of artificial intelligence as conversational aids similar to its back-firing Tay experiment.
Microsoft has released the source code for the original, 1990s-era File Manager that is so familiar to all of us who were dragging and dropping on Windows 3.0.
In a somewhat belated move calculated to "give potential developers insight into the Atari's gaming platform so they may possibly build upon the 7800 series," Atari has released the source code to several awesome but rarely-played Atari 7800 games, including Dig Dug, Centipede, Joust, and Pac-Man.
The company has released an open source JavaScript library it calls "Laphs" — or Live Anywhere Photos — which lets you support Live Photos on any website.
Peek has released an open source version of their Peek Mobile operating system, allowing hackers to use the all-but-obsolete little email device as a hacker platform.
Silicos has released several Open Source utilities [43] based on Open Babel, such as Pharao, a tool for pharmacophore searching, Sieve for filtering molecular structure by molecular property, Stripper for removing core scaffold structures from a molecule set, and Piramid for molecular alignment using shape determined by the Gaussian volumes as a descriptor.
Phillips said that the White House has released more open source code this week, available at WhiteHouse.gov/tech.gov/tech
The mirror is still in its demo stage and no commercial release date has been announced, but Microsoft has released the application source code and bill of materials for the device on GitHub for those interested in building one for themselves.
