Should MS Include the Longhorn SDK with the OS?

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

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 Seriously, why the hell would I want 2 GB of docs that will soon be out of date and whose search capabilities blow.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.

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>>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*

senkwe - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:44:00 AM

MS should make the sdk downloadable for everyone..

sazzad - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:42:00 AM

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

Stephane Rodriguez - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:23:00 AM

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