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Konfabulator Coming to Windows

Posted by michael on from the tyranny-of-the-majority dept.

islandroots writes "Arlo Rose, developer of the popular Konfabulator widget, is moving his application from Mac OS X to Windows. Back when Apple unveiled their next OS, Mac OS X Tiger with Dashboard, Arlo Rose accused Apple of copying his application. 'We're all diehard Macintosh developers here, but we recognize that Windows is the dominant platform,' Rose said in a statement. 'When you have a great idea, you want more than 2 percent of the global market to have access to it.'"

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  1. Dude--Apple stole our idea! by Ph33r+th3+g(O)at · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll have to fix them. Dude! I know! We'll port the product to Windows! Yeah, Microsoft would never copy an idea and include it in their next operating system! Excellent!

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    1. Re:Dude--Apple stole our idea! by AC-x · · Score: 5, Funny

      At the rate Longhorn's going they won't have anything to worry about for a _long_ time

    2. Re:Dude--Apple stole our idea! by WebMasterJoe · · Score: 5, Funny
      Microsoft plans for the next version of Windows to have a slightly different twist on the same idea.
      So, version one in 2-3 more years, version 2 which deletes all the original widgets in 7 years, and version 8, which is completely incompatible with previous versions and now integrates with MSN and WMP 11, will debut in 13 years. Seriously, if they make the sidebar anything like the toolbars that sometimes adhere to the always-on-top and auto-hide settings, Konfabulator has nothing to worry about.
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    3. Re:Dude--Apple stole our idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
      Darn! Making a joke about Longhorn being delayed sure is funny.

      But, you should have given them the old one/two by making a Duke Nukem comparison as well!

    4. Re:Dude--Apple stole our idea! by Damek · · Score: 3, Funny

      Jef Raskin & Xerox actually built off of even earlier concepts.

    5. Re:Dude--Apple stole our idea! by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 2, Funny
      Mac OS-X? Longhorn? I don't get it. Isn't Konfabulator a KDE app for Linux?

      What? It's not? Well, then, isn't that name some sort of trademark infringement?

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  2. Konfabulator going to Windows? by richie2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    One might think this particular project was a natural for a KDE port.

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  3. Irony by metlin · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeaaaaaaaaaaah right.

    The quote at the bottom of the page goes, "Cheer Up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate."

    Gee, thanks :-/

  4. Doesn't seem like they died that hard... by theAtomicFireball · · Score: 3, Funny

    They seem to have a rather weak concept of what a "diehard" is.

  5. Re:Nothing uncommon here by inflex · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn, I was hoping someone would say the same thing in another post at about the same time. So much for -that- theory :-\

  6. Brilliant Idea!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That is a brilliant idea! Pay for porting the app yourself so Windows can steal it also!

  7. Re:slashdotted already by tdemark · · Score: 5, Funny

    so can someone tell me what konfabulator does?

    It's pretty ingenious.

    Konfabulator takes a Dual G5/2.0 with 1.5G of RAM and makes it run like an Apple IIc.

    At least, that's what I found when I tried it.

    I didn't realized that is wasn't out for Windows yet, because XP had the same effect when I installed it on my PC.

    - Tony

  8. Re:sour grapes by suman28 · · Score: 3, Funny

    a lot of noise, but none of it really worth it.
    This just means it will fit perfectly into the Windows world.

  9. Re:slashdotted already by Pedrito · · Score: 3, Funny

    What sets Konfabulator apart from other scripting applications is that it takes full advantage of Apple's Quartz rendering.

    Now, porting that to Windows and keeping the above statement true: That'll be impressive!

  10. Re:sour grapes by Spoing · · Score: 3, Funny
    1. Konfab was a sluggish, memory hungry app that got more in the way than it did good.

    AH! On that note, I predict great sucess on Windows!

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