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Microsoft denies copying Apple with Windows 7
No, this is not a repeat from Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Microsoft once again finds itself having to stave of claims that it blatantly ripped off Apple's MacOS with the latest version of Windows. This time, the company had to issue a blog posting after an executive suggested that Microsoft used OS X as the standard for designing Windows 7.
I guess if you have been in a coma for the last 25 years, this is big news. It's no secret that Microsoft and Apple tend to have OS features that look a lot alike. The legal part of the issue was settled long ago, as was the point that Apple got much of its GUI ideas from Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center.
Aside from that, one can argue that it's a good thing when vendors take cues from one another. While Mac fans will contend that Apple has very little to gain from copying MS, they have followed Redmond's lead on things such as the right click and the adoption of x86 chips.
Besides, in the end this is a good thing. The day that OS X is not good enough to inspire Microsoft is the day that the Macintosh is in serious trouble.
Oh please this is lame that people still talk about this!
The record was set clear by triumph of the nerds. Steve says that they ripped of xerox nasty, especially the mouse, gui and printer. He even wished he was paying more attention so he could have ripped off more ideas. Then after his visit he even convinced the money masters to take his engineering teams on a tour where they interrogate the palo alto (high stick) team. Then he has the nerve to say that Microsoft or bill gates has no class, its obvious that he was a spoiled rich kid that things bill is just a poor sap and does not play into his caste system.
Posted by missingxtension | November 14, 2009 4:12 PM