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It's causing them problems now, but it's the basis for their successes.
So overall it was the right thing to do. (Despite, me, and every programmer who hears about it, cringing at the idea.)
For way, way more on the topic: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html and for the gritty specifics of many of the hacks: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/
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It's causing them problems now, but it's the basis for their successes.
So overall it was the right thing to do. (Despite, me, and every programmer who hears about it, cringing at the idea.)
For way, way more on the topic: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html and for the gritty specifics of many of the hacks: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/