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[Robert L. Harris]

  No I have not said that.  I said they bought (or stole) thier ideas.
Some from Unix based platforms, some from other people, etc.  But
whenever they "had an idea" and did claimed they had something we didn't
that flipped the old competative bit in the various programmers etc who
took up the challenge faster and harder than they might have otherwise.

  Microsoft has "invented" jack shit.  They stole the GUI from Apple who
stole it from Xerox and just kept that pattern going.  They did however
keep challenging the real gifted people out there who kept telling M$ to
take a flying leap.



Thus spake Geoffrey (esoteric at 3times25.net):

> Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >
> >
> >No, I'm not saying they wouldn't exist, they'd just be a MUCH smaller
> >market.  Go look at what came along when.  As I said, every time M$
> >bought an idea and said "hey look what we have" all the devs, etc jumped
> >up and said "give us a week" and that spurred on the development alot
> >faster.  Look how slow everything was going in the X world before win 95
> >and then as the pattern of progression.
> 
> You're still saying that M$ was the innovator, which I completely 
> disagree with.  This is their argument, everything they do is new.
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> Think about it...
> 
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