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1 posted on 11/13/2009 6:35:37 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Typical M$ “innovation”.


2 posted on 11/13/2009 6:36:43 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: JoeProBono

Forget Windows 7. Windows stole the look and feel of the Mac in the first place.

They spent years and millions on court fights and the courts said that it was OK for Bill Gates to copy Steve Jobs’ homework.

Why stop now?


4 posted on 11/13/2009 6:40:00 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: JoeProBono

The entire point of Windows was to make a PC more like a Mac.

This one will run just fine, with none of the problems of Vista... trust us!


5 posted on 11/13/2009 6:41:34 AM PST by snowrip (Liberal? YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WITH NO RATIONAL ARGUMENT.)
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To: JoeProBono

Let us not forget Xerox.


8 posted on 11/13/2009 6:45:47 AM PST by ThomasThomas (Sometimes I like nuts. Thats why I am here.)
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To: JoeProBono

One thing nice about open source is you can “borrow stuff” all you want and not get dinged for it...hehehe


21 posted on 11/13/2009 7:27:28 AM PST by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: JoeProBono

I hope they didn’t steel too much from Apple. I have a Mac, if I want to use a Mac interface I’ll use a real Mac. My preference is the XP interface, I turned off the Mac like features on Vista, If I can’t turn that stuff off on Win 7, I may hold off on buying a new computer.


23 posted on 11/13/2009 7:34:25 AM PST by dangerdoc
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To: JoeProBono

Im a Mac owner, and use Microsoft at work. I dont care about the formatting, and it isnt a Cowboys/Redskins thing for me.

Btw, I hate the Mac TV commercials. They never talk positively about their products. ITs just make fun of MS for 30 seconds everytime. And that is supposed to make you buy a Mac?


25 posted on 11/13/2009 7:58:43 AM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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28 posted on 11/13/2009 5:46:14 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Headline: Windows 7 borrowed 'look' of Mac,

I guess it crashes too much to get the "and feel" part, huh?

(Just a little joke to avoid going into the claims of Steve Jobs' ripoff of Xerox, or Bill Gates' ripoff (via Tim Paterson) of Gary Kildall.)



The strong impression I drew 13 years ago was that Microsoft programmers were untrained, undisciplined, and content merely to replicate other people’s ideas, and that they did not seem to appreciate the importance of defining operating systems and user interfaces with an eye to the future.
--John Wharton, October 1984
Have times changed? And what is "the importance," if imitation makes you rich and innovation leads to obscurity?
36 posted on 11/14/2009 6:57:36 AM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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Another one of these PING!


Windows7 "borrowed" from Mac Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

42 posted on 11/14/2009 10:45:48 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: JoeProBono

Every programmer takes the knowledge that is currently in use and tries to improve upon it. It would be stupid to do otherwise.


45 posted on 11/14/2009 11:02:53 AM PST by Poser (Enjoying Prime Rib for 58 Years!)
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46 posted on 11/14/2009 11:03:51 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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