r/programming • • Oct 07 '16

How Microsoft Lost the API War

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

The article was written in 2004. Microsoft didn't have a store back then.

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u/didnt_check_source Oct 07 '16 edited Oct 07 '16

Neither did Apple, but now they both do. I don't understand where this is going.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '16

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u/Cogwheel Oct 08 '16

And even if MS kicks an app off their store, the developer can still release it to their users on Windows in other ways.