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| Authored by: kuroshima on Sunday, January 27 2013 @ 07:33 AM EST |
So true, so true.
Mind you, Apple also did this, when they pulled Carbon 64 bit
just before the release of one MacOSX update, something that
delayed the 64b version of Adobe Photoshop, as it needed to
be recoded to use Cocoa 64 bit[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Mark Haanen on Sunday, January 27 2013 @ 11:29 AM EST |
Indeed, but if memory serves correctly MS did something even worse: they allowed
Office software to keep using the very same bindings (using an
"undocumented" internal API) that they denied Novell access to. This,
to me, is the very essence of the anticompetitive behavior they engaged in with
regard to Novell.
Sure, it's certainly bad form to yank functionality that you put into the SDK
and actively pushed the developers to use. But to withdraw the interface *only
for third party developers* is where I think they crossed the line.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: moz1959 on Sunday, January 27 2013 @ 08:58 PM EST |
I can't help but think of the following analogy:
Charlie Brown trying to kick the football while Lucy holds it in place, and (as
with Microsoft,) withdraws it at the last moment, leaving Charlie Brown to fall
flat on his back when he kicks empty air.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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