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I wouldn't call COM/OLE "perfect integration between apps" at all. And no, "2D/3D hardware acceleration" was not standard for the majority of Windows applicati

I wouldn't call COM/OLE "perfect integration between apps" at all. And no, "2D/3D hardware acceleration" was not standard for the majority of Windows applications out there, including the Windows desktop.

davesims 15y ago
"I wouldn't call COM/OLE "perfect integration between apps" at all." Oh come on, it was so simple! All you had to do was set up a ProgID and/or a GUID in the registry (no! not HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, silly!, HKEY_USER! Oh wait, you're right, it is HKLM...) and then implement IUnknown in your app and the register the interface when you installed your app...hopefully with Windows Installer, which makes all of this a simple 15-step process. There's only like, 25 different registry keys to keep track of and 12 layers of interfaces to implement. It was perfect I tell you!