Microsoft: Windows 7 Inspired by Mac OS X »
Posted By TechnologyExpert 1 week, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
Honesty is the best policy, but one has to wonder if Steve Ballmer is pulling what's left of his hair out over this comment by Microsoft's Partner Group Manager, Simon Aldous. In an interview with PCR, he admitted (horror) that Windows 7 took inspiration from Mac OS X.
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What is new about this. Microsoft first copied the Lisa which was the forerunner to the Mac. They have been playing catch up with the ease of use the Mac has had ever since.
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The window and mouse concept were created by Xerox in their Parks lab and Apple people went there and saw it. They went back and created the first window type operating system sold. They said it would revolutionize computing and they were correct. -
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