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To: PJ Strifas who wrote (28814)	11/6/1999 5:56:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Respond to of 42771

I agree. The source code is the ultimate API. Forcing Microsoft to publish API's without the code is not enough. Even an API may not give enough detail about what's going on and you have to take their word for it.

To: PJ Strifas who wrote (28814)	11/7/1999 12:20:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hello PJ, Just a couple of questions ... > Publish the source code, the driver interfaces, the low level > functionality that Windows provides the PC in terms of managing the > hardware that consitutes the system. Allow MSFT the upper layers of > the OS - the GUI, the utilities, system monitors etc it has > developed for Windows. > > Make the APIs and libraries open for ANY company to enter and > INNOVATE! Could you please list some specific examples here? As a Microsoft Developer, I receive tons of documentation and sets of APIs that allow me to do this already ... what specific areas are you talking about? Scott C. Lemon