Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 21st Apr 2006 15:19 UTC, submitted by AdministratorX
"Microsoft and its critics agree that the future of innovation is at stake when the US software giant challenges a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling next week before the European Union's second highest court. But they will take opposite tacks on what that means before a special 13-judge panel of the Court of First Instance, which starts five days of public hearings on Monday."
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2005-06-30
Depends on your definition of "innovation"... If we use the broader sense ("introducing drastic changes in existing customs"), then Microsoft did brought many innovations in the PC landscape. Now, if we stick to "creating something completely new" and nothing else, then even Apple isn't much of an innovator. Same for Linux and the GNU userland, which are basically copycats from existing implementations. Yet, they are both changing the way we use electronic devices...
That said, claiming the future of innovation is depending on them is completely ridiculous. They did brought innovations (using the first definition), they've got a lot of influence, but they are not relevant as they like to claim. The world will still tick without them.