. ▁ ▁As ▁AS COM ▁developed , ▁the ▁term ▁became ▁less ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Component ▁Object ▁Model , ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁used ▁more ▁broad ly ▁to ▁describe ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁standards ▁and ▁software ▁based ▁on ▁them , ▁but ▁also ▁to ▁describe ▁an ▁obser ving ▁system ▁architecture ▁and ▁a ▁robot ic ▁teles cope ▁design ▁philosophy . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁AS COM ▁remained ▁formally ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁Component ▁Object ▁Model , ▁but ▁the ▁term ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁stand ▁on ▁its ▁own ▁as ▁new ▁techn ologies ▁such ▁as ▁Microsoft ▁. NET ▁take ▁over ▁functions ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁Component ▁Object ▁Model , ▁and ▁additional ▁AS COM ▁projects ▁are ▁adopted ▁that ▁dil ute ▁its ▁concentration ▁on ▁device ▁drivers . ▁ ▁The ▁release ▁of ▁version ▁ 6 ▁of ▁the ▁AS COM ▁Platform ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁marked ▁a ▁transition ▁to ▁an ▁open ▁source ▁development ▁parad ig m , ▁with ▁several ▁developers ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁the ▁effort ▁and ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁platform ▁source ▁code ▁being ▁made ▁available ▁under ▁a ▁Creative ▁Commons ▁license . ▁Initial ly , ▁the ▁Platform ▁developer ▁team ▁used ▁servers ▁hosted ▁by ▁Ti G ra ▁Network s ▁( Long ' s ▁IT ▁consult ing ▁company ) ▁for ▁source ▁code ▁control , ▁issue ▁tracking ▁and ▁project ▁management , ▁with ▁server ▁lic enses ▁contributed ▁by ▁At lass ian ▁and ▁Jet Bra ins . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁due ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁differences ▁in ▁development ▁style , ▁Ti G ra ▁Network s ' ▁invol vement ▁with ▁the ▁software ▁development ▁effort