'Vista': Microsoft's New Name for Windows

[johntemp]

Originally Posted by Bantam

And all of them ripped off Xerox Parc!

Probably cause OS-X *is* Linux. (Well, Darwin). All Apple did was write a new GUI (Cocoa) to sit on top of the kernel, just like Gnome does. (I don't think they've got any Gnome code in it). Essentially, though, they did licence XTerm / XWindows (Sun, AT&T et. al.) so, to boil it down, it's an SVR4 box with a nice GUI.

If I remember correctly, wasn't Gnome based on the neXt platform GUI (another Steve Jobs thing), which is what in turn OSx was also based on?

Just like Microsoft did with NT (It's essentially an Intel version of DEC VAX with a nice GUI and a new file system!)

Sorry. Just talking shop. Nothing to see here.

This could run and run.

I believe that Microsofts term for stealing other peoples ideas is called "Embrace and Extend".

Usually this means copying it, ruining it and putting an "MS" in front of its name.

They really do have some bottle!

[Bantam]

Originally Posted by johntemp

This could run and run.

I believe that Microsofts term for stealing other peoples ideas is called "Embrace and Extend".

Usually this means copying it, ruining it and putting an "MS" in front of its name.

They really do have some bottle!

Microsoft Visio. Microsoft Autoroute.

and so-on.

[Rob Evans]

Still a bit more work to be done on it though - we installed a beta on one of our test machines a month or so ago and it reduced a 3.2GHz P4 with a gig of ram to a drooling, slobbering heap

[Garf]

Originally Posted by Bantam

Microsoft Visio. Microsoft Autoroute.

and so-on.

I don't believe these were stolen, they were legitimately purchased and rebranded. This is very common practice in the software world, so what's the big deal?

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by Garf

I don't believe these were stolen, they were legitimately purchased and rebranded. This is very common practice in the software world, so what's the big deal?

Maybe but they probably worked better before Microsoft 'improved' them, that said I have no problems with Visio and its far easier to use and cheaper than Autocad

[Bantam]

Originally Posted by Garf

I don't believe these were stolen, they were legitimately purchased and rebranded. This is very common practice in the software world, so what's the big deal?

That's as maybe, but Microsoft buys small succesful software houses which have a great product, assimilates them and then the product roadmap disappears in a puff of smoke.

[Forest Diver]

Are they going to be doing free brass portals for the diving community????

[jamesp]

Originally Posted by Bantam

What's funny about it (we have an alpha copy of Longhorn here) is that they're ripping off all Apple's new ideas they've put into OS-X!

Great, My brother is going to love rubbing that in. He swears by Macs and reckons pc's are for doing things the hard way.
Is there any chance we will be able to run this thing without upgrading to a cray?Am I the only person that gets frustrated by having to upgrade because of all the whistle and bell upgrades that pile up on the system when I only need fairly basic functionality?

[SilvaFish]

'Cos they can only manage 50 on a motorway...... and can see a relation here.....

Sorry, carp joke, couldn't resist......

[Garf]

Originally Posted by Bantam

That's as maybe, but Microsoft buys small succesful software houses which have a great product, assimilates them and then the product roadmap disappears in a puff of smoke.

So?

Siebel and SAP do the same thing in the CRM world. Sage do the same thing in the Accounting World. Oracle do the same thing in the database world. such is business.