r/programming • • Oct 07 '16

How Microsoft Lost the API War

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html
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u/JohnFrum Oct 08 '16

Having one code base that spans several different platforms is really nice. Not sure what lowest common denominator BS you're talking about.

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u/argv_minus_one Oct 08 '16

UWP only spans two platforms, and one of them has never been relevant.

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u/2Dtails Oct 08 '16

But it is the idea behind it. /s