Re: Hah hah: Windows 7 on netbooks: Only 3 programs running at one time

Steve de Mena wrote:
GreyCloud wrote:
Walter Bushell wrote:
In article <0bednco_yNFpQ2TUnZ2dnUVZ_jJi4p2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
GreyCloud <cumulus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Steve de Mena wrote:
GreyCloud wrote:

I've even developed a few software packages for DOD using windows. And it was a royal pain
using their APIs that weren't documented correctly. When the documentations says how it is supposed
to work, yet the API works differently, you've got problems.
So that explains why there is so little software developed for that Windows platform. Maybe if they had usable APIs that would change.

Their APIs are useable, just not very well documented on precisely how they work.
When you purchase a MSDN subscription, I've found more workarounds than you
can shake a stick at. Some APIs have bugs, which is why they have workarounds.
They'd rather tell you a workaround rather than fix their APIs and do better documentation.

And they get you to pay for a MSDN subscription as well as for the tools. I suppose it's not that much for a pro, but for a student or amateur a bit much, when Apple provides a full development system for free, plus a mind boggling collection of documentation.

There are a few gaps, but I can mostly google for the docs. Of course these searches always
leads to Apples website anyway. Having a full fledged development environment included
is what swayed me to move to Apple in the first place.

You don't realize that all of Microsoft's MSDN Linbrary documentation is also free now, viewable online or downloadable as ISO images? And that their Visual Studio Express Edition tools are free?


I am aware of that... but they weren't there when I was using Visual Studio.
I kept getting a box of CDs every other month along with newsprint articles.
And for your info... Visual Studio Express Edition does not support the WinAPIs according to their
chart. You'd need the standard edition at least. The Pro versions includes more but also the most important
part of all is optimization tools.
The Express version is for those that want to learn one of the programming languages and is not meant for
professional use.


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American Government official (1863-1941).
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