Not true. Compare, for example, the bloated Windows Services API and the daemon paradigm on UNIX. It is more about philosophy and overall architecture than how

Not true. Compare, for example, the bloated Windows Services API and the daemon paradigm on UNIX. It is more about philosophy and overall architecture than how exactly the API functions look like. The goal of UNIX creators was to simplify their job, while Microsoft's goal is clearly to sell the OS. That explains a lot. In fact, this API style was invented by IBM and was later only borrowed by MS.