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Microsoft Responds To "Like OS X" Comment

Posted by samzenpus on from the imitation-is-the-greatest-form-of-flattery dept.

Z80xxc! writes "After a comment by a Microsoft employee claiming in an interview that 'what we [Microsoft] have tried to do with Windows 7... is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics,' the Windows 7 team has issued an official rebuttal, saying that the comment came from an employee who was 'not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7,' and that it was 'inaccurate and uninformed.'"

6 of 505 comments (clear)

  1. Hi, my name is Steve Jobs... by DaRanged · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ... and Windows 7 was my idea!

  2. I'm a Mac by Jezza · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm a Mac, and Windows 7 was my idea!

  3. Re:Save face? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The former employee specifically said...

    There, fixed that for you.

  4. Re:ego by Eirenarch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And if I was a shareholder in a company and any employee of the company publicly stated that competitor's product is better I would want him fired on the spot.

  5. Re:they've been copying Mac all along... by Nonillion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Both Apple and Microsoft copied their user interface concept from Zerox Parc. If I remember correctly, it was the Zerox Star OS

    --
    "I bow to no man" - Riddick
  6. Re:Someone got called out by Chapter80 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Read the article. This was Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous. Not "just" some clueless employee, but a high ranking clueless employee speaking to the press.

    This is MUCH different from a factory worker. This is Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous. Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous. Not a factory worker. Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous.