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Microsoft Documentation Declared Unfit For US Consumption

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-to-see-the-self-documenting-code dept.

anomalous cohort writes "Washington DC judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly announced during the ongoing Microsoft antitrust hearings that their documentation is unfit for US consumption. This is relevant in an antitrust hearing as poor documentation on how to inter-operate with Microsoft's products is seen as an unfair barrier to entry for companies who compete with Microsoft. Others see this as yet another example of their crumbling hegemony or indolence as their empire burns."

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  1. Ever Heard of MSDN? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I must be missing something here, but writting software to run on windows is as easy as it gets. If you want to integrate with non-windows machines just use webservies which are fully documented by MS and various other sources since SOAP and http are both standard protocols. I refuse to pay attention to any Anti-trust investigations into MS unless Apple is put to the same scrutiny. Besides being more sucessfuly at it, what does MS do that Apple doesn't do when it comes to making your OS the dominate platform? Maybe Apple should try selling it's OS to hundreds of diffrent PC manufacturers instead of hoarding all the hardware sales to themselves.

  2. Calling the kettle Black by PhilPSU · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Funny that the goverment cannot even get there documentation straight in the constitution for 221 years and everyone still argues over that to be made clear. Of course a quote from Family guy to make my point. "You think the language in the second amendment is clear enough you know about the right to bear arms. Of course it's clear; Every American has the right to hang a pair of bear arms on their wall. How can that be misconstrued?"