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The order they are referring to is probably the DOJ settlement in 2002. There used to be a page called "Settlement Program Interfaces" in MSDN. This was also wh
by yuhong 9y ago
The order they are referring to is probably the DOJ settlement in 2002. There used to be a page called "Settlement Program Interfaces" in MSDN. This was also when winternl.h was invented.
- throw_away 9y agoIs this what you mentioned in the comment that Raymond deleted?
- yuhong 9y agoI should also mention these two posts: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100804-00/?p=13233 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20100804-00/?p=... https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20161104-00/?p=94645 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20161104-00/?p=... It now says that "First-time commenters will be moderated." BTW. The feature the 2016 blog post talked about was invented in 2011 or so as part of Win8 BTW.
- fourthark 9y agoI can see why that's something they wouldn't want to talk about.
- captainmuon 9y agoWhenever Raymond does that, I want to know more, just out of spite. He once banned discussion of a internal DWM api, I think one that made transparent windows tinted, and I learned a great deal trying to figure out what he was hiding. So, I wonder now, what are the exact criteria according to which MS documented APIs? Why would they want to keep these criteria secret?