Quote: Originally Posted by sek929 (In the first image the control panel icon in the start menu looks taken directly from Win98. Early build?) One would have to assume th…

Tiger's GUI sucks too.

Quote: Originally Posted by demograph68 Tiger's GUI sucks too. But it looks nice

That blog makes no sense. That media mania app is just an Avalon demo that a few of the developers from that team tossed together in a number of hours. The source will be availab…

Quote: Originally Posted by DarwinX Uggggh! Not to mention, have you seen the latest screen grabs of Longhorn. I was just viewing this slideshow today. Can it really be that ugl…

bah. Still looks confusing as ever.

Not that im defending them or anything (love my mac just as much as anyone else here), but i watched some of the Bill Gates Keynote and the stuff in the screenshots is not going to…

Quote: Originally Posted by misnomer That blog makes no sense. That media mania app is just an Avalon demo that a few of the developers from that team tossed together in a numb…

Quote: This should give people who use their stuff ALOT of confidence in whatever it is they are trying to do over there Yeh, even Paul Thurrott, Windows Wor…

Did anyone else notice that it seems Microsoft's version of the iTunes Music Store in those screenshots has the Beatles? It seems like they're really going to rub that in, and it r…

Quote: Originally Posted by chris e boy Yeh, even Paul Thurrott, Windows Worshipper extraordinaire said Longhorn "has the makings of a train wreck" Where did he say that?

They showed the "Media Mania" on a channel 9 video ( MSFTs Developer Blogs and Videos) its just using Amazons web services. I watched the video yesterday and really nothing that a…

I say, take it as a compliment. What are you really going to do otherwise?

am i the only one who thinks that "yeah, i get another good program FREE with the purchase of my OS"? i know they are copying and apple does it too (sherlock/watson) but wouldn't …

This is a joke right? Delicious Library is nothing new. Furthermore DL is for owned, local content. The MS demo was for an online store. Completely different markets/paradigms. Fin…

Quote: Where did he say that? In his blog of the ongoing windows hardware conference: Paul Thurotts Wininfo He doesnt seem too impressed with what hes see…

i use DL and my wife loves it...but i don't see the resemblance. sure, longhorn will probably have half its features pilfered from tiger (conservative estimate...and the dock will…

Apple Copies Ideas From Microsoft Mac fanatics enjoy ranting about how Microsoft copies ideas from Apple and about how Apple is the "innovation department" for Microsoft. They are…

Very well said...thank you

There are many errors in that list. If i had the time/inclination maybe I would go through them one by one.

Yeah DLLs rule.

Quote: Originally Posted by macintologist Apple Copies Ideas From MicrosoftHere are some examples: -Sticky menus. Originally, if you clicked on a Mac menu, it appeared and then…

That's sad... not so much a blatant ripoff as I was expecting... but Delicious Library is my favorite Mac app... period... and something needs to be done!

i like the blog's title, "Longhorn: Today's technology, tomorrow!"

Quote: Originally Posted by turtle777 So they copied yet antother thing. Yawn. That company is SO overfunded and SO under(brain)powered... -t Yawn. Another zealot's knee…