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TheLongshot	2011-09-29 , 14:24
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Originally Posted by volt

Well, I think it is a good example. I.e. because Visual Studio do not natively use the Windows APIs, but you have to import them if especially interested. Also because software like OpenOffice is made in something completely different, and in addition to Java, there is or has been wide usage of other IDEs like Delphi.

You don't know what you are talking about with VS. Everything is built on top of the Windows API. As for Delphi, that is also built on the Windows API.

On Windows you have a lot of choices. That's the main point.

Except that we aren't talking about a desktop OS. We are talking about a handheld OS, which is much more limited in screen resources, storage and battery power. What makes sense for a desktop system doesn't necessarily make sense for a mobile device. It also doesn't make sense to support many SDKs, particularly since it would be a custom job to adapt the SDK to a mobile interface.

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