[Cialug] Windows Vista Preview

[Tim Wilson]

On 1/10/06, Chris Hilton <chris129 at cs.iastate.edu> wrote:
> They can't because they don't have a thousand (or so), of their best,
> developers working on bringing in new developers and enchanting the ones who
> are already there.
> Microsoft exists for developers, and Microsoft remains because of the programs
> those developers have written (stupidly enough in a non-portable Microsoftian
> way).
>
>
> Anyway, the article seemed like it was written by a snarling Machead too
> obsessed with his own platform to realize that doing things right the same
> way isn't just "copying," but it's doing things right the same way ;).
> If Microsoft were truly copying Apple they'd dump .Net, stick with c++ for 5
> more years, drop most of their libraries including directX, stop working on
> compatibility to keep their customers (developers) from having to re-release,
> and start spending all their time on end-user programs and interfacing.
> In reality their smartest people are working on things like:  .Net,
> Singularity, NT Kernel, WPF (arguably copying Apple, but also going farther
> than Apple plans).
>
> I really don't think Microsoft is copying Apple just because they copy a few
> superficial features.  Who doesn't do that?

The problem as I see it is a lot of people (Mr. Gates included) will
paint Vista as "innovative", when it isn't.  I'm not a Mac head, don't
own one, never have (but would like to).  I just find it funny
Microsquish is so frequently behind the times.

>
>
> If I seem annoyed it's because I really hate defending Microsoft.  Not that
> what I've said here really paints them as anything but vile, deceptive, and
> two-faced but in a much different (much smarter) way than some people seem to
> realize.
>
> On Tuesday 10 January 2006 13:02, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > If only Apple could steal the developers, developers, developers from MS.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Wilson [mailto:tim_linux at wilson-home.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 12:57 PM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] Windows Vista Preview
> >
> >
> > Microsoft copy from Apple?  That's unheard of! :-)
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Tim