NYT: Did Microsoft rip-off Apple Mac OS X in Windows Vista?

pc is a shitty operating system.......it always crashes and gets viruses and runs slowly.....mac never have got a virus,,,,always runs the same pc=shitty
mac= pure excellence

bro microsoft cant put everything on how it is on mac like same features and same location cause thats enough to sue. they had to add a little twist to it, microsoft got the idea from mac

The only problem with this 'proof' is that widgets/gagets have existed in other forms prior to the Mac. For example, Web Parts have existed for Internet pages. The concept is hardly new.

Hundreds of chess programs existed prior to the Mac OS. Many of these were 3D. Search systems have existed in a variety of software products -- including gee... Google?

Did MS 'rip off' Apple or did they both get the core idea from pre-existing applications?

if you noticed the little mac os x x at the end you would realize this is all a joke to prove they DID copy. gadget widget... --dget --dget... 66% name match. I'd say that's enough to be a copy.
another thing. unlock the task bar and drag it to the right side of the screen. Oh, look. now both searches are in the upper right!

Wow :D I laughed so much :D Of course it's The Same. It's just at another Place. Now, one manager of Microsoft even said, that the look and feel of mac+a "stable" vista core=windows 7.

Lol, wow. It's just a matter of opinion. Relax, mmk?

Okay. lets hug.

hes being sarcastic.

guess how many blue screens I've had in 7 so far, 26. and i have had to reinstall it 4 times in just the passed, what 2 weeks. That's why I switched to Mac.