Re: [Dev-C++] Longhorn API

[Louis G. <lg...@ya...>]

Should we invest huge amounts of time learning wherever M$ wants
developers to learn ?

As I see it, the WIN 98, 98SE, and ME upgrades were marketing gimmicks to
enrich M$ without providing any significant performance improvements. 

For years M$ fought against release of WIN source code to USA developers,
so it could retain a competitive advantage in developing apps that run
under WIN. M$ is now giving it away free in China because for every legal
copy of WIN sold 10 illegal copies are sold. It seems only the Chinese
know how to counteract M$ marketing tactics.  

Why .NET ? I'm sure M$ will present it as the "most significant upgrade
ever". But lets not forget the big lawsuit Sun Micro won a few months ago
against M$. It looks like M$ using .NET to displace JAVA, using the same
old marketing strategy cited in the US Federal antitrust case.





--- Asko Kauppi <ask...@sc...> wrote:
> 
> Maybe off the topic but..  Microsoft recently bought Virtual PC from 
> Connectix (the software that makes Win32 run in a 'sandbox' on a Mac). 
> I wonder if they need "protection from themselves", ability to emulate 
> old Win32 on whatever-state-of-the-art (=.net?) system they want to 
> build from scratch.
> 
> Basically, this is exactly what OS X does with MacOS classic mode. 
> Nothing new under the sun... ;)
> 
> P.S. They probably even steal the name and call their new one "OS Y" or 
> something.. Or "OS XP"?  >:P
> 
> -ak
> 
> 
> 
> Per Westermark kirjoittaa tiistaina, 4. maaliskuuta 2003, kello 16:10:
> 
> > Unless M$ wants to loose all their market shares, they will think
> about
> > the installed base of Win32 applications.
> >
> > /Per W
> >
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Louis Godio wrote:
> >
> >> Will Longhorn support WIN32 API function calls ? or will we need to
> >> learn a totaly new API
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Ioannis Vranos <no...@ho...> wrote:
> >>> Also it is useful to know that with the current provided information
> >>> Longhorn will only support .NET API. That version of .NET is 
> >>> code-named
> >>> Avalon. Some quotations on that:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "The "Visual Studio for Yukon" release will represent a significant
> >>> milestone. Following the "Yukon" wave, the next planned platform 
> >>> update
> >>> is
> >>> the Windows release code-named "Longhorn." A tools update, "Visual
> >>> Studio
> >>> for Longhorn," will support the managed interfaces, enhanced user
> >>> interface
> >>> features, and other new capabilities of the updated platform."
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Longhorn
> >>>
> >>> Next major OS version
> >>> Will contain Avalon the fully .NET Win32 API.
> >>> OS integration with .NET reaches its conclusion.
> >>> Everything that is currently in Windows will be rewritten as managed
> >>> code.
> >>> "
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ioannis Vranos
> >>>
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