I'm responding tomore than just your post here so not everything here applies to what you wrote.
At 11:49 PM 4/14/02 +0100, you wrote: >You seemed to miss the point. I *was* in MS. >Which part of MS were you in? 1) I did miss your point that you worked for MS. 2) You were speaking of interfaces; I was speaking of API calls. 3) Someone asked about evidence 3a) the Justice Department suit. They recommended splitting up Microsoft because they were able to use code in the operating system to their benefit which was not generally made available to other developers. 3b) Anybody who writes code for Windows knows that there are undocumented API calls because they have been uncovered by individuals who then spread the word about them via the Internet, books or journals. While Microsoft recommends against their use because they can be changed without notice. Of couse that does not apply to MS who knows exactly how and when these changes will take place. 4) Someone griped that this is an ABC group and not a MS-bashing group which, to a point, is a valid issue and this is the last I intend to post on this topic. However, it is also for people who write ABC software - if it wasn't for the software, ABC would be pretty useless, wouldn't it - and have to deal with the fact that MS does have its little tricks. The upshot is, if you like the way MS operates, that's your business but don't try to convince me they deal evenhandedly with third-party developers. I've been screwed over by them too often to buy it. Unfortunately, market realities demand that MS has to be dealt with. Gary J. Sibio To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
