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Microsoft Admits Windows 7 Copies MacOS X (And that bears sometimes shit in woods)
One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics.
Interesting to see Microasoft's Simon Aldous admit this so explicitly in black and white. Yet while Windows 7 is a big step forward, I'm not sure they yet understand the relationship of "easy to use" and "graphical". Pretty doesn't automatically mean easy to use, Apple try (often successfully, though not always) to make their software meet both criteria. I often wonder if Microsoft think that making something pretty makes it easier to use.
(Also, don't get me started on him claiming that Vista is "far more stable than the current Mac platform". You're telling me Vista, the most derided OS in history, is more stable than a modern UNIX OS? I think both Mac fans and users of various other UNIX/Linux operating systems would love to challenge you on that.)
Why critical systems shouldn't use Windows...
Estimation the Windows way... (via @njhowell)
Office 2010: The Movie
What's this, Microsoft with a sense of humour? Surely not. Though it would be nice if they put all their effort into making Office Suck Less (TM) instead of silly trailers. We'll have to wait and see whether the product is any good I guess.
Microsoft's latest ad attacks Mac aesthetics, computing power
Vista triggers Stephen Fry Twitter meltdown
He's known as a jovial comedian with a vocabulary wider than the Grand Canyon. But an afternoon with Windows Vista has seemingly turned Stephen Fry into a intemperate, foul-mouthed illiterate.
Microsoft considers adopting WebKit for Internet Explorer
Addressing a developer conference in Sydney Australia, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the idea of using WebKit as the rendering engine within its web browser was "interesting" and added "we may look at that.
Microsoft's Windows 7 to bring Apple-tinged design changes
At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft has shown Windows 7 to the public for the first time and has revealed a user interface with some of the largest changes to the operating system's interface since Windows XP -- if not earlier -- and which bear slight resemblances to Apple software.
Stupid Internal Microsoft Vista SP1 Video
Go back to your websites and prepare for IE8
Microsoft is warning webmasters to get their sites ready for Internet Explorer 8
