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Re:Apple broke a lot of its developer reference urls... again. by petewarden on Saturday August 29, 2009 @09:37PM (#793920)
It's a culture thing. Steve created a much more ambivalent relationship to external developers than the usual love affair most tech companies strive for.

Microsoft has always been about the ecosystem, for Apple third-parties are always a threat to a smooth user experience. When the video driver on your mom's PC crashes, does she blame Nvidia who wrote the code or Windows?

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Re:Apple broke a lot of its developer reference urls... again. by kogir on Sunday August 30, 2009 @01:26AM (#794134)
You make an excellent point. Given the low quality of the driver ecosystem, I'm amazed that most Windows machines function at all. ATI, Creative, and Silicon Image are at fault for 90% of the BSODs I've ever experienced.
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