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If not creating documentation is leading to bad PR why doesn’t MS just create the documentation instead? Occam’s razor would suggest it’s because accurate docu
by rhaway84773 3y ago
If not creating documentation is leading to bad PR why doesn’t MS just create the documentation instead?
Occam’s razor would suggest it’s because accurate documentation would create worse PR.
That’s not reassuring at all.
- feitingen 3y agoMicrosoft has a long history of refusing to document stuff. They also have a long history of being evil, so it's probably not interesting for them to document it to seem less evil.
- hypercube33 3y agoDocumentation may be feared since it could be used to attack the Xbox or surface devices' security. Plus their documentation mode has been moving to "make the customer do it" with their GitHub docs - at a conference they were giving away swag to people who would write articles for them.