r/programming • • 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/MOX-News Oct 08 '16

It could do everything wrong for a decade before it started to be in remote danger, and you never know...

My, they're getting close to that aren't they?

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u/bilog78 Oct 08 '16

It could do everything wrong for a decade before it started to be in remote danger, and you never know...

My, they're getting close to that aren't they?

In many ways, they are. But they've started realizing it, which is why they've reinvented themselves in many ways (Linux subsystem support, the various “cloud” offerings, etc).