A screen capture of Microsoft's newly launched Windows Web Application Gallery website.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Software giant Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) is currently developing a new marketplace for open-source applications that will potentially act as an app store for Windows-run open-source applications, services and support, according to a report on eWeek.
At last week’s Microsoft MIX09 conference (http://live.visitmix.com/), Lauren Cooney, group product manager for web platform and standards at Microsoft, described the marketplace as being a resource for apps developers and partners who are seeking a “custom distribution pipeline” where they do not have to market the applications themselves.
MIX09 also saw the release of several components of the Microsoft Web Platform which helps install and update free web products from the company and open-source developers.
Microsoft Web Platform, which includes the Web Platform Installer 2.0 beta, is an integrated suite of tools, servers and frameworks work together, as well as alongside other popular open-source applications.
The company also launched the Windows Web Application Gallery. Designed for a community of developers, partners and independent software vendors, the Gallery offers a place where they can share a library of tools, servers and technologies for building web applications.
Developers are invited to submit free applications to the Gallery where they can be accessed and promoted.
The Gallery currently offers links to a range of applications, including DotNetNuke, Umbraco, Gallery, BlogEngine.Net, and WordPress.
According to Cooney, Microsoft wants the Microsoft Web Platform to embody the principles of community, applications, a marketplace and a one-stop shop.
Cooney says the company will use the application gallery on Windows Azure as a back-end system to build, buy and sell these applications.
Microsoft first launched Windows Azure in October. The cloud services operating system acts as the development, web hosting and service management environment for the Azure Services Platform.
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