Comments on: Jobs Reveals Load of New Apple Products http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/jobs-reveals-load-of-new-apple-products/ Mobility News, Reviews, and Views Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard Strattan http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/jobs-reveals-load-of-new-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Richard Strattan Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:14:56 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=2805#comment-614 Indeed a similar column does not make it fact, but I did cite a source/backup for my opinion, which is more than I often find from those who would claim Vista steals from OSX doing. Indeed a similar column does not make it fact, but I did cite a source/backup for my opinion, which is more than I often find from those who would claim Vista steals from OSX doing.

]]> By: Howard2k http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/jobs-reveals-load-of-new-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Howard2k Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:41:18 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=2805#comment-613 Let's not get carried away. Just because a columnist at TechNewsWorld has a similar viewpoint does not make it fact. Konfabulator was envisioned in 2000. I'd be more willing to accept that OS X and Vista BOTH copied from Konfabulator (and again, it's debatable) then believe Mr Enderle. If you (Or Mr Enderle) can show me that Microsoft had previewed their Sidebar technology in 2000-2001 then I think you have an arguable point. Apple certainly were able to bring the technologies to market quicker than Microsoft, that's a fair point. Let’s not get carried away. Just because a columnist at TechNewsWorld has a similar viewpoint does not make it fact.

Konfabulator was envisioned in 2000. I’d be more willing to accept that OS X and Vista BOTH copied from Konfabulator (and again, it’s debatable) then believe Mr Enderle. If you (Or Mr Enderle) can show me that Microsoft had previewed their Sidebar technology in 2000-2001 then I think you have an arguable point.

Apple certainly were able to bring the technologies to market quicker than Microsoft, that’s a fair point.

]]> By: Richard Strattan http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/jobs-reveals-load-of-new-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Richard Strattan Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:53:57 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=2805#comment-612 And I shake my head at you howard, we can be head shaking twins. OS X did not have them first, it got them to market first. Having only a very very limited scope of hardware and OSes that are just small revisions to existing setups rather than a complete rebuild enable apple to bring things to market quicker than microsoft can. It's an advantage, but it doesn't mean that people can run around claiming Microsoft copied Apple. However, I knew someone would disagree, so I spent a couple minutes researching ahead of time. Check here: <a href="http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42728.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42728.html</a> "Borrowing heavily from what we had seen in Longhorn (Microsoft's next version of Windows) last year, Tiger is an impressive piece of work." And I shake my head at you howard, we can be head shaking twins. OS X did not have them first, it got them to market first. Having only a very very limited scope of hardware and OSes that are just small revisions to existing setups rather than a complete rebuild enable apple to bring things to market quicker than microsoft can. It’s an advantage, but it doesn’t mean that people can run around claiming Microsoft copied Apple.
However, I knew someone would disagree, so I spent a couple minutes researching ahead of time.
Check here: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/42728.html
“Borrowing heavily from what we had seen in Longhorn (Microsoft’s next version of Windows) last year, Tiger is an impressive piece of work.”

]]> By: Howard2k http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/jobs-reveals-load-of-new-apple-products/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Howard2k Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:47:20 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=2805#comment-611 Richard, Richard, Richard... I'm shaking my head right now. Widgets a rip off of Vista? Please. 1 - A more arguable position is that they were ripped from Konfabulator, however even that is a debatable point and I'm sure Bud Tribble would agree with me. 2 - OS X has had them natively for almost a year now in publicly shipping final release products (i.e. not Beta). OS X has had them via Konfabulator for some time before that. With all due respect, I don't think there is ANY reputable claim that can be made that the Widget was Vista creation. It's just one of many "new features" that are coming to Windows users via Vista, that other OS users have enjoyed for a year or more. Welcome to the second half of the decade Microsoft. Richard, Richard, Richard… I’m shaking my head right now.

Widgets a rip off of Vista? Please.
1 - A more arguable position is that they were ripped from Konfabulator, however even that is a debatable point and I’m sure Bud Tribble would agree with me.
2 - OS X has had them natively for almost a year now in publicly shipping final release products (i.e. not Beta). OS X has had them via Konfabulator for some time before that.

With all due respect, I don’t think there is ANY reputable claim that can be made that the Widget was Vista creation.

It’s just one of many “new features” that are coming to Windows users via Vista, that other OS users have enjoyed for a year or more. Welcome to the second half of the decade Microsoft.

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