Andrew Close wrote:
I wouldn't call it a ripoff. They look nothing alike. But if you are referring to the concept, I would say that Apple is extremely careful not to step on the toes of 3rd party and Open Source developers. Apple could have built in FTP functionality years ago, but has respected Fetch Softworks and Panic Software.On 10/12/05, Richard Bronosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:The gods of User Experience have spoken ( http://www.apple.com/imac/frontrow.html ) let's offer them the highest form of flattery.hmm, it kinda looks like Apple ripped off CenterStage: http://centerstageproject.com/index.phpi believe CneterStage was supposed to be an opensource media center for the Mac platform... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users (Don't even bring up Konfabulator... that argument has been made. Dashboard is a very different product built on existing Apple technologies, where Konfabulator was built on heavy JS & HTML processing layers. Konfabulator had a different goal in mind, and they have reached it now that Yahoo! has purchased them.) -- Thank you for your time, --==<< R i c h a r d B r o n o s k y >>==-- Nearly all viruses and spyware are designed to use Microsoft internet products. Protect yourself by avoiding Internet Explorer & Outlook/Outlook Express. |
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