tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19519354.post8531736722574717373..comments2023-06-30T13:58:14.439+01:00Comments on Doogal Bell's bloggy thing: Baltimore skylineDoogalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17764319095707998627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19519354.post-359592344402566722009-05-04T12:17:00.000+01:002009-05-04T12:17:00.000+01:00Hmm, interesting theory, couldn't they just start ...Hmm, interesting theory, couldn't they just start documenting the bits of Windows they had to call? I thought it might have something to do with them having bigger hurdles to jump to update a part of the operating system rather than releases a separate program (translations for X languages, better docs etc)Doogalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17764319095707998627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19519354.post-6933392686637722512009-05-04T01:09:00.000+01:002009-05-04T01:09:00.000+01:00It is annoying that they are two separate applicat...It is annoying that they are two separate applications. But, Microsoft had to do it this way. Replacing the Photo Gallery in Vista would have required the developers of the new Photo Gallery to call into undocumented parts of the Windows code. This, according the US v. Microsoft 2002, is illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com