On 3/21/07, Jim D wrote: .... > I'm sorry... but it seems a double standard. When Apple assimilates and > improves, it's innovation, but when MS does the same thing it's copying?
As I said just prior, there are ways upon ways. Apple stole from xerox, MS stole from Apple, the cycle goes round and round. Probably just some dude in a garage that's getting really screwed, neh? (or chixor, of course ;) I still remember the stories, and I know people who had personal dealings with MS... it wasn't pretty. To compare what they did to stay on top to what Apple has done, MS has a little more sin. Sure, both sinners, but MS moreso. And that's the difference. The means... The challenges are daunting and the results have been impressive - and are > already greatly improving MS products. Vista's (dare I say Innovative) > system-wide, consolidated search is an offshoot of this kind of thinking. > There's a great article at Scientific American about it (and that article > is > called "A Digital Life"... and sciam.com is a ColdFusion site so there's > lots to be happy about): I coulda sworn OS X had spotlight first... ;-) MS has thousands of initiatives. Some, like Zune, are attempts to gain a > toehold into existing markets (and, you must admit, the Zune was actually > quite impressive before it was gutted by the RIAA). Other's are attempts > to > create markets (such as their robotics initiatives and IPTV stuff). I think I'm with Gruss on this one... they leverage their install base more than anything else. :-/ 360 is an exception, and they had to run that at a loss for quite a bit before they started making money... something a lot of other places can't do. Eh. I still feel the need to bring up Office 2007. This is their flagship > product - second only to Windows in importance to the company. And yet > they've risked greatly to introduce an entirely new interaction paradigm. > This is not the move of a company content to stagnate. Good, cuz times, they are a changing! It would be a bummer if they went all out for O07 only to have things move to a service oriented model, like google&co is pushing... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231002 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
