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First of two small corrections: * The 'parc' (Xerox's computer, with mouse and GUI) was built and shipped and actively used, just never sold commercially. * A

by jauco 18y ago

First of two small corrections: * The 'parc' (Xerox's computer, with mouse and GUI) was built and shipped and actively used, just never sold commercially. * Apple is BSD-based, not linux based. being BSD-based is most certainly not innovative ;-) Most of the 'innovations' you mention are rather successful implementations of existing technologies. Apple ships good products but none of the ones you mention solve an entirely new use-case, like the mouse did, or the photo-copier, or the walkman. First you weren't able to listen to your music while walking on the street or commuting in the subway, then suddenly you were.

mixmax 18y ago
Thanks for the correction, and sorry for being a Noob :-) Your comment spurs me to address the question: what is innovation? I would say that innovation is about successfully bringing a technology to a mass-market that has previously been unaware of it. Note that according to this definition the innovator doesn't necessarily have to be the same entity as the original inventor. I think Skype, Amazon, twitter, etc. are innovative even though they didn't invent their core product (except for Amazons patented one-click shopping system of course ;-)) they just brought it to the masses. I think that being an innovative company has a much broader scope than simply being an inventor.
DabAsteroid 18y ago
Apple is BSD-based, not linux based. being BSD-based is most certainly not innovative http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+osx+nextstep http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+osx+nextstep "It would be an understatement to say that OS X is derived from NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. In many respects, it's not just similar, it's the same.
- jauco 18y ago
  If you like open source development, you'll love Mac OS X. This fully-conformant UNIX operating system—built on Mach 3.0 and FreeBSD 5 --http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html [edit better source]

by jauco 18y ago

mixmax 18y ago

Thanks for the correction, and sorry for being a Noob :-) Your comment spurs me to address the question: what is innovation? I would say that innovation is about successfully bringing a technology to a mass-market that has previously been unaware of it. Note that according to this definition the innovator doesn't necessarily have to be the same entity as the original inventor. I think Skype, Amazon, twitter, etc. are innovative even though they didn't invent their core product (except for Amazons patented one-click shopping system of course ;-)) they just brought it to the masses. I think that being an innovative company has a much broader scope than simply being an inventor.

DabAsteroid 18y ago

Apple is BSD-based, not linux based. being BSD-based is most certainly not innovative http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+osx+nextstep http://www.google.com/search?q=apple+osx+nextstep "It would be an understatement to say that OS X is derived from NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP. In many respects, it's not just similar, it's the same.

jauco 18y ago
If you like open source development, you'll love Mac OS X. This fully-conformant UNIX operating system—built on Mach 3.0 and FreeBSD 5 --http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html [edit better source]