marktech101

Nope, just to express my opinion.

After reading that latest information regarding Microsoft's upcoming products (yes, they do usually make that information pulic), I was appalled. The title of the article was 'Microsoft games exec hints at iPhone rival'. Yes, that's right. Microsoft is, yet again, coping Apple. This has been going on for about 20 years, so why was I surprised? Because this time, it seemed so blatent. Microsoft literally copied the GUI right off of Apple, which used it first in 1983. Boom, 1995 rolls around, it's reintroduced. Except this time, it's backed my a multi-billion dollar copy machine, so it can't fail. Sure enough, Microsoft came to rule the personal computer industry. Bam, in 1998 Google revolutionized search. So, it was only natural that Microsoft should follow in 2005-6 with Windows Live Search. The only thing I think Microsoft actually invented was Windows CE, later Windows Mobile... Oh wait, Palm came first, didn't it. Apple revolutionized the industry with the iPod. Zing - Microsoft came crashing down with the Zune. (Microsoft's big innovation: Let's make them brown!!). I know I'm missing some other major points: Lotus 1-2-3 ... Woah, Excel!! Wordperfect, Microsoft Word! Apple text-to-speach - Microsoft Sam! And last but not least: Mac OS X ... (drumroll, please), Windows Vista!! The list goes on and on and is too long to put here; I'll just wrap up by saying that I was, let's say, rivited when I saw that Microsoft was developing an iPhone. One thing that money can't buy is innovation. If you have any additional things that Microsoft copied, post them. If you have a major disagreement with this, e.g. you work for microsoft, let me just say you can forward your complaints to the 'development' (aka. copying) department at Microsoft HQ. If you want to comment on or read my blog, go to marktechonline.blogspot.com