Longhorn (MS ripoff of OS X) won't be out until 2007.
Er, Windows XP was the one that was a cheap and poorly done ripoff of OS X.
But, as you will observe later on in this post David, most likely not the last.
What's happening is that although the integration of Unix, Carbon, Cocoa, and other technologies into a single new MacOS has not been without growing pains, facts are that it's solid and very usable right now. But more importantly, it's adaptable, malleable, and scalable. Because Longhorn has been taking so long, one must conclude that it does not possess the kind of flexible OS design necessary for a modern operating system. Instead, it appears to be an awkward kluge of ideas stolen from other operating systems. It doesn't seem to have a design concept of its own. That is to say, it's _reactionary_ rather than innovative. Most telling is that perhaps the supposed "killer feature" (SQL-like file system) has been dropped.
But, in case you want to defend your stance on Longhorn and OS X,
I'd prefer to use the word "illustrate".
do tell exactly which features of Longhorn (i.e., features that were absent in any previous version of Windows) are ripped off from OS X.
Here's a few:
<http://www.activewin.com/screenshots/longhorn/Image15.jpg>
Sidebar is an out and out rip-off of MacOS X 'Dock' and 'Get Info' features.
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109165,00.asp>
A new theme, called Plex, offers a more rounded window style, while a revamped, as-yet-nonfunctional Display Settings dialog box looks like something right out of Apple's OS X Aqua interface.
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113631,00.asp>
Also new: Speech, a Windows XP Control Panel applet with no apparent purpose, in Longhorn contains an actual speech-recognition engine complete with training text.
= MacOS technology since about System 7.
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116005,00.asp>?
SEATTLE -- In the future, all of your personal and business communications--from e-mail and instant messages to phone calls and faxes--will reside in a single central location. Or so says Microsoft, disclosing some of the features it plans for its next generation of Windows.
= MacOS: "Digital Hub".
Once Longhorn has gathered multiple contact points for a person, you can easily access them all, Erickson notes. For example, if you get an e-mail message from someone whose information is already stored in the system, you can dial them up or send them an instant message with a single mouse click.
= MacOS: Address Book/iCal/Sync
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<http://www.longhornblogs.com/rholloway/archive/2003/10/29/945.aspx>
= MacOS: WebKit
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