In an effort to keep up the momentum and demonstrate that their Shared Source Initiatives (SSI) are providing transparency, Microsoft has announced the expansion of the program into seven additional countries.

The move allows Windows 2000, XP, CE and Server 2003 shared source programmes to be made available to eligible enterprises, OEMs, systems integrators, Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, and academic institutions in Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia.

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Microsoft began sharing Windows source code with academic institutions in 1991, and established the SSI in 2001 to formalise a programme that allows access to key Microsoft technologies.

The SSI currently covers source code components from Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, CE 3.0, CE .Net, CE 5.0, components of Visual Studio .Net, ASP.Net Starter Kits, Windows Installer XML, Windows Template Library and FlexWiki.