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Originally posted by Churchill View PostI agree.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by voodooflux View Post"Undocumented Windows" by Andrew Schulman?Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostI've got a copy of the "Petzold" book on my desk
I can't remember whether I finally binned my Windows 3.0 edition.Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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Originally posted by voodooflux View PostWhich version?
I can't remember whether I finally binned my Windows 3.0 edition.
I remember years ago the standard answer to any Windows programming question was "Look it up in Petzold"Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostWhatever you think of Microsoft, they never sought to prevent other people from writing software for their platform. In fact, they enouraged it, which was exactly what made Microsoft as dominant as it is.
I guess I am biased, as a software developer. I'm worried that with all the trendoids lining up to praise Apple, there's a danger that Apple will ultimately win. And then we'll all be screwed. There'll be no choice anywhere, no independent software, no open source, no open standards, and we'll all just be sad old men getting together in the Job Centre once a week, and talking about the good old days of Microsoft's monopoly.
- Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple
- must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++ or JavaScript
- only code written in C, C++ and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs
If you can't follow their rules, then tough. Apple is a more stable environment than Windows. The reason for that is they control the hardware and software, why should they have to change their whole ethos so Joe Bloggs can port some dodgy 99p Flash game.
Having worked with Windows for years, nothing annoys me more than code badly ported. The amount of enterprise apps that have been cobbled together from their original Unix iteration is astounding and inevitably crap.
Originally posted by Scary View PostIf I were Adobe I'd make CS5 Windows only, or Windows + Linux in retaliation.Last edited by Incognito; 9 April 2010, 10:22."I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith
On them! On them! They fail!Comment
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Originally posted by Scary View PostIf I were Adobe I'd make CS5 Windows only, or Windows + Linux in retaliation.Where are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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Originally posted by voodooflux View PostWhich version?
I can't remember whether I finally binned my Windows 3.0 edition.Comment
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Originally posted by Incognito View PostThe reason for that is they control the hardware and software, why should they have to change their whole ethos so Joe Bloggs can port some dodgy 99p Flash game.Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith
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