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- From: richard.anstruther@canrem.com (richard anstruther)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <199227.3155.6082@dosgate>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 16:56:11 GMT
- Reply-To: "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Lines: 21
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- -> From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
-
- -> Does Microsoft enjoy an advantage using undocumented calls in the
- -> applications. Again I say NO. There is NO advantage to using
- -> undocumented calls, when those calls can/will/and do change from
- -> release to release of the OS, causing the application to break in how
- -> every many spots those calls were issued from. This forces the
- -> programmer to go back and change things once again, and maybe if he's
- -> smart, figure out how it should be done using the documented calls in
- -> the first place.
-
- Suppose the systems people warned you of upcoming changes to
- the OS and invited you to drop by for a chat if you had any
- concerns. You then visited their offices and asked them not
- to remove or change those undocumented calls, since your application
- depended on them. Would you have an advantage over another
- programmer who used all the same undocumented calls, but who
- couldn't get past security at MS's front gate?
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