Indeed. See the related Steve Blank post and surrounding discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=981167 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=981167.

Indeed. See the related Steve Blank post and surrounding discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=981167 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=981167. This is a little different since Microsoft is copying a well-known and already successful product, but the idea still applies.