4 ms·
The day MS depracates WinAPI, they're control of the desktop is over, as every company which develops huge codebases will switch to an environment where their p
by fygdttysf 10y ago
The day MS depracates WinAPI, they're control of the desktop is over, as every company which develops huge codebases will switch to an environment where their programs doesn't have to be rewritten at MS's discretion.
- derefr 10y agoIs there any platform an enterprise could switch to that would guarantee a slower rate-of-change than Windows? "One major rewrite-requiring breaking change in 20 years" sounds like—if not a good deal—the best one I could foresee getting anywhere.
- dispose13432 10y agoOnce you rewrite once, the red line is broken. I think joelonsoftware has an article about that.
- Someone 10y agoIBM (Oracle, too, I would guess). http://www.longpelaexpertise.com.au/ezine/IBMBackwardCompatibility.php http://www.longpelaexpertise.com.au/ezine/IBMBackwardCompati... has a very good observation, though: "The reality is that backward compatibility is only possible if there are enough users paying […] for it." It is the same for Microsoft. If, for example, several big customers would want 16 bit support on x64, I'm sure they would provide it.
- umanwizard 10y agoWhat platform is that?
- pjmlp 10y agoSure they will rather change to a platform in the hands of Oracle,Apple or Google.