MS (used to be Re: Talk Live with Guy Kawasaki)

[drsmooth@relex.com (Edhel Iaur)]

slfunk@uniserve.com wrote:

>>paradox@cam.org (Paradox) wrote:

>>>Geez you really sure show how little you know. Thief is more like is:

>Did GM build the first car, did Sony build the 1st TV,
>did.....did....did.... you get the picture

>Not a theif, just very good @ taking an idea and pushing until it is
>successful. 

I was under the impression that most of "Microsoft's" products (I use
quotes because almost every MS product I can think of is "borrowed"
ideas) were popular BEFORE Microsoft put their sticker on 'em.

CP/M -- MS-DOS
Various GUIs -- Windows
AppleWorks, et. al. -- MS Works
WordPerfect, et. al. -- MS Word
VisiCalc, et. al. -- Excel
Various compilers -- Various MS compilers
Varoius mice -- MS's mouse (admittedly, they added that silly wheel on
	newer models)
Varoius ergonomic keyboards -- MS's keyboard (Admittedly, they added
	those "Windows Keys" :P)
Varoius HTML editors -- Frontpage?
Varoius CD-ROM encyclopedias -- Encarta
DBase? -- FoxPro?
Respective titles of the books spooged -- Bookshelf
Respective titles of the games spooged -- Arcade

I'm assuming you mean that *A FEW* of the ideas Microsoft "pushed"
were not already popular.

Even the more-interesting programs ("MS's" games) seem to be made BY
someone else, FOR MS.  (Maybe I've got this part wrong?)
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