<s>
Windows	B-Device
Interface	I-Device
Source	I-Device
Environment	I-Device
(	O
or	O
WISE	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
licensing	O
program	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
which	O
allowed	O
developers	O
to	O
recompile	O
and	O
run	O
Windows-based	O
applications	O
on	O
UNIX	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WISE	O
SDKs	B-Application
were	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
emulation	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Library
API	I-Library
which	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WISE	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kits	I-Application
were	O
not	O
directly	O
provided	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
established	O
partnerships	O
with	O
several	O
software	O
providers	O
(	O
which	O
needed	O
to	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
internals	O
source	O
code	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
sold	O
WISE	O
SDKs	B-Application
to	O
end-users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
software	O
providers	O
provided	O
WISE	O
SDKs	B-Application
or	O
emulators	O
,	O
mainly	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Mainsoft	O
developed	O
a	O
product	O
called	O
Mainwin	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
MFC	B-Language
on	O
Unix	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bristol	O
Technology	O
Inc	O
.	O
developed	O
Wind/U	O
,	O
which	O
ran	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Motif	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Insignia	O
Solutions	O
provided	O
an	O
emulator	O
called	O
Softwindows	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WISE	O
program	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
discontinued	O
shortly	O
after	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
was	O
seen	O
by	O
some	O
as	O
a	O
Trojan	O
horse	O
designed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
penetrate	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
which	O
provided	O
WISE	O
SDKs	B-Application
needed	O
to	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
source	O
code	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
them	O
dependent	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
good	O
will	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Bristol	O
Technology	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
which	O
provided	O
a	O
WISE	O
SDK	O
,	O
sued	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
arguing	O
that	O
it	O
illegally	O
withheld	O
Windows	B-Application
source	O
code	O
and	O
used	O
its	O
dominant	O
position	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
to	O
move	O
into	O
other	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
develop	O
WISE	O
SDKs	B-Application
,	O
software	O
providers	O
needed	O
to	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
internals	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
30,000	O
source	O
files	O
from	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
4.0	I-Device
were	O
leaked	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
