__/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 14 March 2007 06:01 \__
> This is particularly amusing, since this is a criticism the WiNuTs often
> claim about Linux:
>
> .----
> | Here is the function description on MSDN, and here is the same
> | documentation on the upgraded, new MSDN2, presumably so-called
> | because it takes twice as long to display (Really. MSDN-1 takes 8-10
> | seconds here, versus 15-20 seconds for MSDN2, depending on time of
> | day.
> |
> | ...
> |
> | How about this: because LockWindowUpdate is entirely typical of MSDN.
> | The whole, bloated thing is jam-packed with function descriptions
> | that tell you everything about the function except what you need to
> | know, huge, dull, explaining-by-not-explaining articles extracted
> | like rotten teeth from MSDN Magazine and its predecessor MSJ, and
> | filled with bogus enthusiasm for, say, this month's approved way of
> | interfacing to databases.
> `----
>
> - http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/03/08/msdn_gloom/
GNUgle to the rescue. From the above:
,----[ Quote ]
| Then there are the dreadful, slow searches, compulsory in the CD-ROM
| only days, now happily alleviated by Google (What is it about
| Microsoft and indexed searchable text? They always seem to get
| it badly wrong: think Windows Search, think those old help file
| indexes that always needed rebuilding). And why the almost
| complete absence of pictures? This is, after all, supposed to
| be the documentation for a graphical operating system.
`----
> They must be running MSDN2 on Vista.
>
> Oops, no - looks like it's actually Win2K3 (DFS won't be happy).
>
> http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=msdn2.microsoft.com
>
> It explains the trend though, as Microsoft's documentation gets worse,
> so does their software, with Vista currently being their worst yet.
Even microsoft-watch has left the boat.
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