(WinBlows) Ha ha, Vista's just an OSX ripoff

C'mon, did they really expect that no one would notice that EVERY SINGLE
ONE of the major feature upgrades - aside from the virus/spyware/security
make-goods which are irrelevant to Mac OS - is a renamed version of
something Apple developed for OS X?

The funniest thing would be if the Rip Off Apple strategy backfired this
time around, and just made people switch to OS X... the playing field is a
lot different now than it was the last time the Microsoft crooks tried it.

 

Like Apple has ever had an original idea?

Just ask Xerox

 

but apple didn't "copy" anything from xerox -- so you need to keep that
in mind.

 

This is an old and stupid argument, particularly for those of us who
actually remember those days.




-----yttrx

 

Even funnier, most of these features have been a standard part of Linux
since long before OS/X came out. Sure, XGL is a better handling of 3D
OpenGL, but Linux has had OpenGL support since the mid 1990s, when SGI
contributed their technology to Linux (most of it was actually
developed as part of government contracts). In fact, for a while, it
looked like VRML might be a really popular modelling language (VRML was
a "shell" interpreter that converted scripts to OpenGL calls).

It looks like it's been an even bigger back-fire. Microsoft has had to
sign a deal with Novell, and make Linux part of their OEM offering in
order to meet the demands of users who now insist on the capabilities
of *nix along with *dows.

Microsoft could still find itself facing lawsuits, or could end up
offering similar contracts to other Linux distributors. Microsoft
would offer Linux/Windows images to OEMs far an additional price - a
small portion of the additional price going to Novell or the other
distributors.

 

While there is some argument as to whether or not apple licensed technology
from Xerox, there's no doubt that OSX is not an original product. Darwin
is largely derived from FreeBSD, and Safari/Webkit is largely derived from
KHTML. Other features, like Dashboard are copies of ideas Microsoft was
shopping around in 2003 (see for an
early 2003 preview video that shows the sidebar with widgets). Of course
even those had precedents. Very little in computers is really "new".

Also, don't forget that things like "time machine" in Leopard are (albeitly
better implemented) copies of Windows Volume Shadow Copies (been around
since 2003) and Spotlight was also copied from early versions of Longhorn.

 

No, its largely derived from NeXTStep, and somewhat derived from BSD, as
NeXTStep was.

And the unix world had in the form of karamba toys in 2001...

Nothing at microsoft is really new, they copy EVERYTHING.

Which IBM invented almost congruently with SGI as jfs and xfs modules,
respectively, and Veritas implemented for the rest of the Unices and even
windows years before microsoft thought to copy it.

Another fucking lie. Christ, eric.




-----yttrx

 

Let's sum up the arguments, shall we?

MAC: "There's ample documentation to prove that much of the Windows
interface has been copied from the Mac OS, for decades."

WINDOWS: "Oh yeah? Well... well... well... YOU SUCK, DUDE!"

 

Yes, but Darwin was derived from FreeBSD rather than the official UCB BSD
that NeXTStep was.

Karamba came around about the same time, yes... which is even further
evidence that Apple did not invent this.

As does everyone else.

Not the same thing at all. Veritas and SGI and such could access backups
that had been done previously, not be able to go back to snapshots of the
filesystem at any time.

We were even talking about it here in 2003

http://groups.google.com/group/comp...ghorn+search+author:Funkenbusch&lnk=ol&hl=en&

That's a year before Spotlight shipped in the form of OSX 10.4

 

No.

MAC: You copied us. We invented everything

Windows: That's the pot calling the kettle black

MAC: But we invented the "flower power" iMac

Windows: No contest there.

 

Ahem...

Neither can windows.




-----yttrx

 

Eric, you're a toner monkey in a little idiot community college
in minnessotta. What do you have to say about anything thats
actually pertinent?




-----yttrx

 

ROFLMAO!

 

How about the ENTIRE Mac?

 

And for 90% of average computer users, no one cares.

Windows is just fine for me. I guess I'm not 1337.

 

Some of us DO remember it. Is it stupid just because it is accurate?

 

I think you're underestimating.

 

I don't normally feed trolls, but you know what? You're absolutely
right. They copied many of the nicer features of OSX. And just like I
figured all the Mac biggots out there that have been touting how much
better OSX is are now complaining because Windows is more like it. Make
up your mind.

So what if it Mac users start loading Windows on the new Mactels and
discover that it's acutally better? Rosetta is a complete abortion when
trying to run non UB apps and loading Windows along with the Win version
is far superior.

Just my $0.02,

Bob

 

if only everyone would switch to Unix. then the world would be perfect.

 

Unfortunately, with the lack of good specialized software programs for
the Mac, it won't be a good choice for a lot of people. For example,
I use Info Select (www.miclog.com) which is a great program to store
and search for data, and about 10 other programs.

I think the Mac is appealing though to those who want a simplified
system that includes some of the apps a person not that knowledgeable
about computers would appreciate.