"Security is the lens through which I always view products like Windows Vista, and in that view it looks good. But there is a bigger picture with Vista for the industry: It's really, really different from previous versions. At many levels it requires a different approach." The Inq took a look at Vista RTM, and they find: "Suffice to say we're impressed. Vista has come a significantly long way since the RC2 build. It's polished, speedy, and looks good on the eye."
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Member since:2006-06-22
Let us establish some timelines here:
"The Xerox Alto, developed at Xerox PARC in 1973, was an early minicomputer and the first computer to use the desktop metaphor and graphical user interface (GUI). While often cited as the "first personal computer", some earlier systems like the Datapoint 2200 fit the term at least as well. Additionally, the Alto was in no way meant to become a commercially mass-produced item, and never did become such."
"In January 1981, Steve Jobs completely took over the Macintosh project. Jobs and a number of Apple engineers visited Xerox PARC in December 1979, three months after the Lisa and Macintosh projects had begun. After hearing about the pioneering GUI technology being developed at Xerox PARC from former Xerox employees like Raskin, Jobs negotiated a visit to see the Xerox Alto computer and Smalltalk development tools in exchange for Apple stock options. The final Lisa and Macintosh operating systems mostly used concepts from the Xerox Alto, but many elements of the graphical user interface were created by Apple including the menubar and pop-up menus. The click-and-drag theory was developed by Jef Raskin."...
"System 1.0, Finder 1.0 (January 1984)"
"The first model, called the Amiga 1000, was released in 1985 as a successor to the Commodore 64 and a rival to the Atari ST."
"Microsoft Windows version 2 came out in 1987"
MS windows version1 ommited for obvious reasons
What does this timeline show?
For me it shows a always be late kind a tendency. "Let's wait and see if there is market for this innovation" attitude. And this has not changed to the present days. Just makes you think with what right does MS use the word "innovation" in their marketing propaganda.
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2005-06-29
And just where did the "window" concept come from? And what about the "mouse" (if memory serves me well Bill used to joke 'bout it)?
Euh, the mouse was invented at the Stanford Research Institute by Dougles Engelbart in 1963. The windowing concept wasn't invented at once, but came to be via the Sketchpad in 1963, and later Xerox Parc.
In any case, nor Apple, nor MS had anything to do with it.