> > 3. Microsoft makes money on product churn; see Windows, MS > > Office , etc. Developer tools need to be churned regularly to > > keep revenue flowing. That is the model for that part of the > > business. > > Damn them for it! There should have been Windows 1, 2, 3, ... > > Had they designed interfaces correctly in the first place, > they could have grown each in an orderly, building block > fashion. Instead they pulled the "out with the old, in with > the new" trick one too many times. > > > See: > How Microsoft Lost the API War - Joel on Software > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articl> es/APIWar.html
Long article - but yup, yup and yup. Only one thing I didn't like: he didn't mention FoxPro! On the divide between web based and rich clients, I'm with the rich client for another reason he missed: we own our machines and what's on them, they are our private worlds to whatever extent we want them to be, and as we learn more and more about how exposed the web is to tapping/taping in addition to nefarious bugaboos, we'll opt to isolate web-connected machines. Bill _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
