__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Friday 20 April 2007 18:38 \__
>
> Microsoft applications division was in the possession of pre release
> copies of Windows 3.10 well in advance of any non-Microsoft Windows ISVs
> thus giving Microsoft Applications Division a substantial competitive
> advantage over any non-Microsoft Windows ISV.
>
> Any statement that a "wall" of some kind exists between Microsoft
> applications and systems divisions is obviously false.
Mr. Gates in denial. Time and availability aside, what about all these hidden
APIs (shortcuts and back doors), not to mention interaction between the
divisions for compatibility? You find that same pattern in Vista. Microsoft
applications 'survive' while third-party software is being eliminated. It
breaks.
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