Well, that's not really quite how it happened. Apple and Microsoft each accused the other of stealing the idea of graphical windowing interfaces from the other, but the truth is BOTH of them stole the idea from Xerox PARC.
That said, Windows 1.x and the Mac OS 1.x were really not all that similar at all beyond the conceptual level. Totally different architectural approaches implementing very different GUI metaphors.
As for Steve Jobs, ... well, there's this joke about the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field. Now, obviously I don't see the man every day. But from what I've seen, it seems like over the past 10 years or so his visible decisions have been becoming ... I won't say erratic, but there's something that bothers me.
He seems to be more secretive. He's been through major surgery, and that often changes personality. On the other hand, his marketing decisions are still dead on. There is no other company that could do what Apple has done with the iPhone and iPad. Maybe Google would have got Round Tuit eventually, but they're the only firm I can think of.
Something really wrong with our creativity, I think.
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That said, Windows 1.x and the Mac OS 1.x were really not all that similar at all beyond the conceptual level. Totally different architectural approaches implementing very different GUI metaphors.
As for Steve Jobs, ... well, there's this joke about the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field. Now, obviously I don't see the man every day. But from what I've seen, it seems like over the past 10 years or so his visible decisions have been becoming ... I won't say erratic, but there's something that bothers me.
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Something really wrong with our creativity, I think.