Yeah, this was well explained by Joel Spolsky in this essay from 2004 https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost-the-api-war/ https://www.joe

Yeah, this was well explained by Joel Spolsky in this essay from 2004 https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost-the-api-war/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost... starting at § "The Two Forces at Microsoft" where he describes the Raymond Chen Camp vs. the MSDN Magazine Camp.