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Ken Levy reports on the new developer initiative for Windows Live:

The Windows Live Platform is about opening Windows Live services to create shared opportunity for developers and businesses. Open Windows Live services via APIs and SDKs to 3rd parties to create a virtuous ecosystem that mutually benefits users, developers, partners, advertisers and Microsoft. Many of the developer centric services that we release will occur in stages, with new APIs available as well as improved and more consistent APIs with existing services over time. Some of our goals include Users are in control, easy for developers to make money, Simple HTTP based APIs, anyone able to build applications and components for about any operating system platform, browser, language, and device.

Ken was also interviewed at the recent Windows Live Hack Day in the Channel 9 video. Go forward to about 9:47, where he explains a bit about the Windows Live developer movement and the upcoming Web site.

A preview is expected to be available at http://dev.live.com sometime next week, with the full launch during June.