On Monday, May 24, 2004, at 11:47 US/Pacific, David W. Fenton wrote:
. . . I'd say that a large portion of a modern computer system is UI design and implementation. . . .
Absolutely. I agree 100%.
But you don't implement a UI by copying appearance, which is what MS is doing.
I'm not arguing that MSOS is the same as MacOS. I'm saying that Microsoft is stealing ideas and concepts. I'm saying that this is not an acceptable practice.
So, there's no significance to this copying, ...
I disagree entirely. It's theft.
See above. Unless it's in the area of corporate sleaze, Microsoft is not an innovative technology company. It only tries to act like one in advertisements.
I agree that MS does not come up with ideas first.
OK.
Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca
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