...those Microsoft extensions that affect interoperability with other implementations of these standards". As an immediatestep, Microsoft said it will publish over 30,000 pages on MSDN of documentation for Windows client and server protocols...
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39327075,00.htm
...Upon booting, the Unix machine “bar” automatically launches the ACE service “foo” (1). The first immediatestep the service “foo” takes after initializing itself and its socket connection on port 1234 is to contact the ACE Room Database service...
http://profusion.ittc.ku.edu/publications/documents/Hayashi2002_23150-1%20TR.pdf