Tikamalankhula za kuyendetsa mapulogalamu a Windows pa Unix, chinthu choyamba chomwe chimabwera m'maganizo ndi Vinyo waulere, pulojekiti yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1993.
Koma ndani akanaganiza kuti Microsoft mwiniyo ndiye mlembi wa mapulogalamu a Windows pa UNIX.
Mu 1994, Microsoft idayambitsa ntchitoyi WANZERU - Windows Interface Source Environment - pafupifupi. Native Windows Interface Environment inali pulogalamu yopereka zilolezo yomwe imalola omanga kubweza ndikuyendetsa mapulogalamu a Windows pamapulatifomu ena.
Ma WISE SDK adatengera kutsanzira kwa Windows API yomwe imatha kuthamanga pa nsanja za Unix ndi Macintosh.
Ma SDK sanaperekedwe mwachindunji ndi Microsoft. M'malo mwake, idagwirizana ndi ogulitsa mapulogalamu angapo (omwe amafunikira kulowa mkati mwa Windows source code), omwe nawo adagulitsa WISE SDK kuti athetse ogwiritsa ntchito.