How Microsoft Lost the API War

[Jamoe]

http://joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html

   
ive just finished reading this.  enjoyed it to say the least.

its an incredible insite into MS and even has reason to why IE hasnt seen any developers for the last 2 years.

[smilodon]

I just spotted this. Must have missed it somehow. Quite an interesting read and more so now that Vista is out and the linked post is  several years old.

[Jamoe]

Blimmey, how did u find this post, its almost 2 1/2 years old.

I re-read it again and it still sings true to me.

[smilodon]

Shows how little we post in 'seriously though' it was on the second page I think.... that and I'm stalking you of course