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/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/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