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- Path: sparky!uunet!sequent!muncher.sequent.com!furballs
- From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.005303.5778@sequent.com>
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- Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
- References: <199227.3155.6082@dosgate>
- Distribution: comp
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 00:53:03 GMT
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- In article <199227.3155.6082@dosgate> "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com> writes:
- >-> 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?
- >--
-
- OK, in that situation there is a distinct advantage; however, I
- still stand by my premise that you can legitimately develope
- software that does everything some other app might do using
- undocumented calls. Hence, the meeting would be an FYI, no apps
- code would change to "fix" potential problems, and the the point is
- moot. Microsoft has always said not to use undocumented calls for
- the very reason you list above. Why duplicate effort needlessly ?
-
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