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Claiming that Microsoft blatantly copied "pinned items" is a gross over-simplification though. So is claiming that "they are pretty much the same thing". They'

• flatline3 14y ago
  > And I am correct in saying that Windows had a Taskbar before Apple had a Dock because Apple didn't own NeXTSTEP when the Dock was released. Given Apple's history, that's a stretch. Modern Apple is essentially NeXT. They 'acquired' NeXT, but internally and politically, it was practically the other way around. Apple owns NeXT, including previous inventions.
  • WayneDB 14y ago
    That's absurd. Let's go back in time to 1995...NeXT and Apple are two separate companies. NeXT had a Dock. Windows had a Taskbar. Apple had neither. Stop trying to change history to suit your fanboy-dom. (Also, as gouranga mentioned below...RISC OS had them both before NeXT or Win95 anyway.)
    • whateverer 14y ago
      I only see one person throwing a fit over a product comparison here.
      • WayneDB 14y ago
        So, disagreeing and showing facts is throwing a fit?
• mistercow 14y ago
  >And I am correct in saying that Windows had a Taskbar before Apple had a Dock because Apple didn't own NeXTSTEP when the Dock was released. Only technically. As I mentioned in my other comment, System 7.5 had the Launcher, which was years before Microsoft introduced the Quick Launch toolbar in Windows 98.