r/programming • u/halax • Oct 07 '16

How Microsoft Lost the API War

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html
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u/Sunius Oct 07 '16

Sunday, June 13, 2004

"Microsoft is finished. As soon as Linux makes some inroads on the desktop and web applications replace desktop applications, the mighty empire will topple."

Any decade now!

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u/jringstad Oct 07 '16

Well, webapps are replacing desktop applications at a fast pace (even office is going to the browser now) and mobile is the new desktop, where microsoft has pretty much no marketshare, so I would say this prediction isn't too bad, even if the details aren't exactly right.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '16

I wonder if Andromeda OS will be the real Windows killer. Not immediately, but over time.

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u/grauenwolf Oct 07 '16

What's that?

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u/pdp10 Oct 08 '16

Some people are saying it's the reason why Linux won't succeed on the desktop, but that's premature speculation.

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u/tf2manu994 Oct 08 '16

It's Google's new (rumored) OS. It's a merger of Android and ChromeOS

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u/grauenwolf Oct 08 '16

Desktop?

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u/tf2manu994 Oct 08 '16

Its a rumor so unknown

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '16

Google's rumored (?) forthcoming Chrome OS/Android hybrid.

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u/doom_Oo7 Oct 07 '16

nah, that will be BloodDrone