Should MS Include the Longhorn SDK with the OS?

Lorie Pearce wants to know if Microsoft should include the massive Longhorn SDK with the OS. My answer: “Forget bundling it. This is Longhorn. Make a freakin smart client app.” Seriously, why the hell would I want 2 GB of docs that will soon be out of date and whose search capabilities blow. Who even uses search on the current SDK docs? About all I use is F1 if I want to look up method docs real quick, but the vast majority of the time I use Google for answers.

Published Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:15 AM by Jesse Ezell

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# re: Should MS Include the Longhorn SDK with the OS?

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:44 AM by senkwe
>>Who even uses search on the current SDK docs<<

Hmm, I wonder if other people feel the same way. I always use the SDK docs first (admittedly primarily for Win32 based development). More often than not I'm looking for sample code and/or API paramater lists. I think the search works pretty well *shrug*

# re: Should MS Include the Longhorn SDK with the OS?

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:42 AM by sazzad
MS should make the sdk downloadable for everyone..

# re: Should MS Include the Longhorn SDK with the OS?

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:23 AM by Stephane Rodriguez

I have read somewhere that it's 3.5GB, not 2GB.

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