Xa sithetha ngokuqhuba iinkqubo zeWindows kwi-Unix, into yokuqala ethi qatha engqondweni yiprojekthi yasimahla yeWayini, iprojekthi eyasekwa ngo-1993.
Kodwa ngubani owayenokucinga ukuba uMicrosoft ngokwakhe wayengumbhali wesoftware eqhuba iinkqubo zeWindows kwiUNIX.
Ngo-1994, iMicrosoft yaqalisa iprojekthi NENKQUBO - Imekobume yoMthombo woNxibelelwano lweWindows - malunga. Imekobume yoNxibelelwano lweWindows yemveli yayiyinkqubo yelayisensi evumela abaphuhlisi ukuba baqokelele kwaye baqhube izicelo ezisekelwe kwiWindows kwamanye amaqonga.
I-WISE SDKs zazisekwe kumzekelo weWindows API enokuthi isebenze kwiiplatifti ze-Unix kunye ne-Macintosh.
Ii-SDK azibonelelwanga ngokuthe ngqo nguMicrosoft. Endaweni yoko, isebenzisana nabathengisi besoftware abaliqela (ababefuna ukufikelela kwikhowudi yomthombo wangaphakathi weWindows), abathi bona bathengisa i-WISE SDK kubasebenzisi bokugqibela.