
InfoWorld's John Rizzo chronicles the
20 most significant ideas and features Microsoft and Apple have stolen from each other in the lead up to Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard. 'Some features were stolen so long ago that they've become part of the computing landscape, and it's difficult to remember who invented what.' Windows 7's Task Bar and Aero Peek come to mind as clear appropriations of Mac OS X's Dock and Expose. Apple's cloning of the Windows address bar in 2007's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard as the path bar is another obvious 'inspiration.' But the borrowing goes deeper, Rizzo writes, providing a screenshot tour of
Microsoft's biggest grabs from Mac OS X and
Apple's most significant appropriations of Windows OS ideas and functionality.
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Exactly. And that's why, unlike the article, I framed my attributions in a rather 'non-committal' manner... because I don't really know. =/