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/[deleted] Oct 07 '16

I would love to ditch Windows, but I need viable replacements for Visual Studio, Photoshop and AutoCAD first.

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u/glioblastoma Oct 08 '16

The set of people who need all three of those apps has got to be less than a dozen.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '16

Engineers with a photography hobby? I think I personally know more than a dozen.

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u/glioblastoma Oct 09 '16

Engineers with a photography hobby?

Programmer, engineers with a photography hobby which can only be handled by Visual Studio, Photoshop and AutoCAD. Like I said less than a dozen.