Comments on: “Innovation” at M$ http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/11/innovation-at-m/ Mac Web Guru Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:51:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: dj http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/11/innovation-at-m/comment-page-1/#comment-484 dj Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:47:11 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/11/innovation-at-m/#comment-484 After twenty years more computer interfaces look like Apple's Macintosh user interface not Microsoft MS-DOS. Remember all those C:> commands? UGH! They were a major stumbling block in wider adoption of personal computers. While Xerox PARC created the look and feel, Apple established the first viable commercial gold standard for GUI. Apple's legacy can be seen in Mosaic, Netscape, Firefox as well as Microsoft's Internet Explorer. It can also be seen when you toggle around your cellphone. Microsoft has tried to meet this challenge by hiring former Mac developers to work on Windows. It has carefully studied the iPod and come out with the Zune. Imitation is the sicerest form of flattery, but it is not innovation. Of course there only so many ways to express an idea, it's just that Apple got there first, again. After twenty years more computer interfaces look like Apple’s Macintosh user interface not Microsoft MS-DOS.

Remember all those C:> commands? UGH! They were a major stumbling block in wider adoption of personal computers. While Xerox PARC created the look and feel, Apple established the first viable commercial gold standard for GUI.

Apple’s legacy can be seen in Mosaic, Netscape, Firefox as well as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. It can also be seen when you toggle around your cellphone.

Microsoft has tried to meet this challenge by hiring former Mac developers to work on Windows. It has carefully studied the iPod and come out with the Zune. Imitation is the sicerest form of flattery, but it is not innovation.

Of course there only so many ways to express an idea, it’s just that Apple got there first, again.

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