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Microsoft Documentation Declared Unfit For US Consumption
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."
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
What they don't do is document things they don't want you to know, like formats and protocols...
Dude, are you blind or just stupid?!?! That's the whole point to being open and having other people work with your stuff! IE - NOT A MONOPOLY and keeping the competition at bay!!!!!
If their stuff was quality work and was worth the $$$ they expect you to pay, I seriously doubt there would be such a hub-bub about it all - you don't see ANYTHING like this occurring in the Linux community...