Indeed, Microsoft's lack of commitment to APIs is what inspired Joel's famous essay: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html http://www.joelonsoftwar

Indeed, Microsoft's lack of commitment to APIs is what inspired Joel's famous essay: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html IMHO .net has lost some stability with the recent packaging systems like NuGet and chocolatey; they don't really encourage stability.