Comments for M. Douglas Wray http://www.macwebguru.com Mac Web Guru Mon, 12 May 2008 00:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on Armageddon Flowchart by ranthlee http://www.macwebguru.com/2007/04/14/armageddon-flowchart/#comment-1965 ranthlee Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:50:09 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2007/04/14/armageddon-flowchart/#comment-1965 Actually, it DOES make a great deal more sense than any of the psychotic drivel the christo-fascist fundamentalists are promulgating. If this is how it's really going to happen, it could be very entertaining. Actually, it DOES make a great deal more sense than any of the psychotic drivel the christo-fascist fundamentalists are promulgating. If this is how it’s really going to happen, it could be very entertaining.

]]> Comment on Flight 26 by macguiguru http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/10/flight-26/#comment-75 macguiguru Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:53:03 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/10/flight-26/#comment-75 Oh dear. Um. NO. You DO have to wonder about someone who spends his working life a room called a 'cockpit'... (rimshot!) Oh dear. Um. NO.
You DO have to wonder about someone who spends his working life a room called a ‘cockpit’… (rimshot!)

]]> Comment on Flight 26 by dj http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/10/flight-26/#comment-74 dj Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:44:16 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/10/flight-26/#comment-74 Did he ask you if you liked movies about gladiators? Did he ask you if you liked movies about gladiators?

]]> Comment on Macho Macho Mac by dj http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/11/macho-macho-mac/#comment-73 dj Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:43:13 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/11/macho-macho-mac/#comment-73 Can't Stop The Music Can’t Stop The Music

]]> Comment on “Innovation” at M$ by dj http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/11/innovation-at-m/#comment-72 dj Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:47:11 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/12/11/innovation-at-m/#comment-72 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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