At 01:47 PM -0400 04/22/2004, K wrote:
[The Windows API] is so deeply embedded in the source code of many
Windows apps that there is a huge switching cost to using a
different operating system instead.
ROFL
Like most things uttered by MS' forked tongue, it's a half-truth...
The point of an API
From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(10.2 was to 10.1 like OS 6.1.6 was to 8.1, IMO)
Isn't that supposed to be the other way round ?
8.1 is one of my favourite releases... :o)
Larry
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 01:47:58PM -0400, K wrote:
:
: [The Windows API] is so deeply embedded in the source code of many
: Windows apps that there is a huge switching cost to using a different
: operating system instead. It is this switching cost that has given the
: customers the
On Apr 22, 2004, at 11:22 AM, Eugene Lee wrote:
Old news. Among software developers, momentum is known to be very hard
to stop once started on the path of a particular API. We saw the
ruckus
back in the Rhapsody days when Apple tried to convince Mac developers
to
switch from the Mac Toolbox
Only posted it because I thought it was interesting..
Regards,
Mike K
Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Apr 22, 2004, at 11:22 AM, Eugene Lee wrote:
Old news. Among software developers, momentum is known to be very hard
to stop once started on the path of a particular API. We saw the ruckus
back in the
Which version of OS X are you referring to, Bruce?
The one named Puma (10.0 up to 10.1.5, I believe),
Jaguar or Panther? Or maybe Leopard?
I'm told there are fundamental differences between or
amongst all three (four).
George (rushing in where angels fear to tread)
--- Bruce Johnson [EMAIL
Thanks, Mike,
I found it interesting, and also the thread that developed gave me a bit
of education. Here is the response of a friend who I forwarded to,
describing a day to look forward to:
mark my words: microsoft is dead as the dominant force. *nix will rise,
gov'ts will go there and
