Funny how things change. In mid 90s people were praising Microsoft for being so incredibly nice to developers: MSDN and Visual C++ were bargains compared to rid

Funny how things change. In mid 90s people were praising Microsoft for being so incredibly nice to developers: MSDN and Visual C++ were bargains compared to ridiculous amounts of license fees IBM wanted to for OS/2 development tools and (!) documentation. In the end, many cited IBM's ignorance towards developers as a key factor behind the ultimate demise of OS/2. I asked someone at Microsoft once why they even charge for Visual Studio and he replied that otherwise they'll get happy Borland lawyers going Netscape route after them. That's understandable.