Steve probably has felt the same way since Windows 3.1; and having met some the original Xerox Star researchers (and gotten a demo of the Star system early on) I imagine there are similar feelings there as well.
As far as Entourage is concerned, there are three or four Macintosh mail products that existed well before Outlook that Outlook clearly borrowed heavily from. Quickmail (or was it Quicklook?) for one. In fact I wish Entourage had the template capability that Quickmail had, it was really nice. This was not a boiler plate template capability, but the ability to completely control the layout and contents of the message pane, including adding checkboxes, pictures, multiple text fields, selectors, and other controls when sending and receiving mail. Very handy to use when building workflows. Messenger, iChat, and other instant messaging are not original either. Anybody remember VAX 11 Phone? In some ways that application was better than any of the existing instant messaging clients we have today - for one thing, it was true peer to peer, not this server based system we have today. When it really comes down to it, there is not a lot that is really original in Entourage. In fact, I cannot think of any truly original feature. However, it is a good packaging of existing ideas, and that is an accomplishment. -- Eric Hildum > From: jud spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:25:29 -0700 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Tangent - MS pissed at Steve? > > Today's keynote left a bitter taste in my mouth because Apple continues to > borrow heavily from the work that we've done in Entourage. Their new Address > Book and the iCal window look strikingly similar to Entourage. Funny, I > always thought Microsoft was the one who supposedly borrowed all of Apple's > ideas. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
