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Apple vs Microsoft Both Copycats

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-all-copy-each-other-anyway dept.

jdbartlett writes "Yesterday, we read Paul Thurrott's response to Apple's Leopard preview. In his TechBlog, Jim Thompson trims Thurrott's bloated opinion piece and presents an alternative take on four major new features, admitting that each may have been inspired but certainly not by Microsoft. Thompson ignores 6 features; some (Core Animation, Accessibility improvements) needed no defense, but perhaps not all Thurrott's points were invalid."

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  1. Pundits, Copycats, and Asshattery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    perhaps not all Thurrott's points were invalid.

    Even a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day.

    1. Re:Pundits, Copycats, and Asshattery by mblase · · Score: 5, Funny

      Even a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day.

      Not anymore. Mine keeps reading "88:88" (and 88 seconds) ever since the LCD display got clobbered.

  2. Re:Oh so familiar by radiotyler · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the award for most creative analogy involving both Vanilla Ice and consumer operating systems goes to....

    VINIVIDIVICI!

    Bravo, my friend. Bravo.

    --
    hi mom!
  3. Re:Beginning of the Post-Windows Era by prockcore · · Score: 2, Funny
    If Apple can pull it off, it will be the beginning of the post-Windows era, when Microsoft's marketshare falls below 75%, the competition heats up, and software companies begin to deliver programs that actually save time and money for everyday office work.


    Apple will get out of the hardware business and make an OEM OSX for Dell and HP long before Apple ever gets 25% of the market.