__/ [ Snit ] on Sunday 31 December 2006 21:25 \__
> "Philip" <me@xxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
> UEVlh.27995$hI.3249@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 12/31/06 2:08 PM:
>
>> Snit wrote:
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=763
>>> -----
>>> 4. By the end of the year the OpenSolaris
>>> community will be widely recognised as larger and
>>> more active than the Linux community -and every
>>> competing OS developer community except
>>> Microsoft's will have copied the key ideas
>>> including its organisational structure, the core
>>> provisions in the community development license,
>>> and Solaris specific technologies including ZFS
>>> and Dtrace.
>>> -----
>>>
>>> Hmmmmmm... any thoughts on that?
>>>
>>> Of note, also, is number 1:
>>> -----
>>> Vista will make billions for Microsoft - driven by
>>> the warm embrace of those who hated the MacOS X
>>> interface when Microsoft didn't sell it;
>>> -----
>>>
>>> I just find that funny. :)
>>>
>>
>> Sort of like the tabloid psychics... outrageous prediction to draw an
>> audience
>
> Well, the number one prediction is likely to come true... to an extent. I
> doubt Vista will be a good copy of OS X, no matter how hard MS tried. :)
*sigh*
For the last time, Vista is /NOT/ a copy of Mac OS X. Even the Times says it
ain't the case. <tongue in cheek />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNuq94Zg_8 (short video)
Well, okay, okay... but it must be some kind of coincidence. I /think/...
The Redmond Copying Machine?
,----[ Quote ]
| My recent video, which tweaked Microsoft for crowing about its
| "innovation" in Windows Vista (without acknowledging its huge debt
| to Mac OS X), triggered plenty of reaction. It probably comes as no
| surprise that your comments quickly devolved into "which is better"
| bickering, which will proably never end.
|
| [...]
|
| Then this e-mail message, which arrived today from a guy who says
| he worked as a Microsoft temp employee from 2003 to 2004. I've
| agreed not to publish his name.
|
| [...]
|
| "Around the corner was another grid, showing the RealPlayer
| application. This grid was the same: grid A1 was the front userv
| iew of the application, mirroring what was on the iTunes wall/grid.
|
| "Around the next corner was another grid, this one showing Windows
| Media Player version 9 !! This one was missing a few tiles in the
| grid, but you could actually see the progress as each feature [of
| iTunes and RealPlayer] was copied, square for square.
|
| "Amazing. New software is put out, a manager sees it and decides that the
| creative part of their day is making color screen captures of the
| software and presenting it to the copying--er, engineering team."
`----
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/the-redmond-copying-machine/
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