Windows Open Services Architecture
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Windows Open Services Architecture (WOSA) is a set of proprietary Microsoft technologies intended to "...provide a single, open-ended interface to enterprise computing environments.".[1] WOSA was announced by Microsoft in 1992.[2] WOSA was pitched as a set of programming interfaces designed to provide application interoperability across the Windows environment. The set of technologies that were part of he WOSA initiative include:[3]
- LSAPI (Software Licensing API)
- MAPI (Mail Application Programming Interface)
- ODBC[4] (Open Database Connectivity)
- OLE for Process Control
- SAPI (Speech Application Programming Interface)
- TAPI (Telephony Application Programming Interface)
- Windows SNA (IBM SNA Networks)
- WOSA/XFS (WOSA for Financial Services)
- WOSA/XRT (WOSA for Real-time Market Data)
See also
References
- ↑ overview PDF
- ↑ "Infoworld March 9, 1992" (in en-GB). 1992-02-26. https://books.google.com/books?id=7j0EAAAAMBAJ&q=microsoft+%22windows+open+services+architecture%22+announce&pg=PA8.
- ↑ "Definition of WOSA" (in en). https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/wosa.
- ↑ corob-msft. "ODBC Basics" (in en-us). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/data/odbc/odbc-basics.
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