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- From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: MICROSOFT IS STACKING THE DECK!
- Message-ID: <rdippold.720299737@qualcom>
- Sender: news@qualcomm.com
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- Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
- References: <1992Oct12.185104.1@vax1.umkc.edu> <i0eXsB3w165w@qed.cts.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 19:15:37 GMT
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- tim@qed.cts.com (Tim Capps) writes:
- >edowdy@vax1.umkc.edu writes:
- >> MICROSOFT IS STAACKING THE DECK!!
-
- >Just think - If you could come up with a book explaining the secrets,
- >you ought to be able to sell a bunch of 'em! I'd sure buy one. :-)
-
- It's called "Undocumented Windows". Head down to your BookStar or
- whatever and buy one... it's certainly given Microsoft a kick,
- apparently. No sooner did the book come out then all sorts of
- documentation for some of these calls magically appeared. Secrets?
- What Secrets? We have no Secrets! You will tell the FTC that, won't
- you?
-
- The best part is where they say they didn't want people using these
- calls in their software because they can change or go away in future
- versions and the software will break.... and they use them in their
- own software. Well, that's one way to make a bundle of money on
- forced upgrades.
- --
- This may not be the best of all worlds, but it is certainly the most expensive.
-