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You could influence Windows by buying a Mac instead. And arguably that has happened. Before OS X started taking off, Windows Longhorn was about trying to do obj
by sievebrain 11y ago
You could influence Windows by buying a Mac instead. And arguably that has happened. Before OS X started taking off, Windows Longhorn was about trying to do object oriented filesystems and other stuff. It ended up as Vista, with semi-transparent window borders.
- thebigshane 11y agoReally interesting perspective. In this example, external competition created a worse product than if they were left as a stagnating monopoly?
- sievebrain 11y agoBefore OS X the Windows team were hardly focused on the UI at all. OO filesystems weren't going anywhere. At least Vista shipped and had some new features.
- goldbrick 11y ago> OO filesystems weren't going anywhere. Really? Have we forgotten Smalltalk machines so quickly?
- sievebrain 11y agoSmalltalk machines? The question is not did we forget, but who had anything to remember about them in the first place?