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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. Re:This is good. by king-hobo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    i have need t do a lot f VB .net for school and i just find it is a pain

    yes the UI is not the best, but i think the biggest issue for me is just search function (i can bearly ever find what i want, maybe its just not there, but other sites ave it) and the counter-intuitive way it is writen, (a lot of logic "jumps")

    i guess it is all personal taste, and in my casse it tastes biter