> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: New MacBook Pro 15! > > > Jim wrote: > > The whole "they're not MS" aspect just completely turns me off > however. I > > like what MS has been doing lately quite a bit. > > > As a company they're such a bore. They create no new products, have a > complete lack of innovation, and seem to completely misunderstand how > technology mixes with modern culture. They have NEVER understood the > internet and missed virtually every trend: browsers, web > functionality, user interface, advertising, search, portals, et al.
That's a surprising assessment considering the past few years. 1) Office 2007 is the largest and most considered UI redesign outside of an OS in 10 years. It will probably be the single greatest driver of interface refactoring for the next five years. Here's a professional opinion (well - other than mine, of course): http://www.useit.com/alertbox/wysiwyg.html - he's clear: Office 2007 is a new interaction paradigm. That's damn exciting to me. 2) MS hosts one of the only private university-class theoretical mathematics departments in the world. The work coming out of that lab is affecting everything from quantum computing to spam identification. 3) They've made a concerted effort towards both practical application of upcoming, but now fringe, technology (such as their movement into robotics) and research (note the recent dramatic increase of published papers coming out of MS research). Research initiatives like the Digital Life project and many others are, at least to me, insanely interesting. 4) Their gaming division is turning the Xbox 360 into one of, if not the, premier digital media hubs available. Adding vertical community integration with Live for Vista simply improves their standing this regard. Honestly I don't see MS being any more or any less innovative on the fronts you mention than Apple. Both companies, in my opinion, are very good at meeting market opportunities. Together they are the premier patrons of interface and user experience design and innovation (as current WebSphere developer I only Wish IBM spent a fraction of those resources). You're of course entitled to your opinion but it's a shame: you're closing your eyes to some really cool stuff. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
