Apple vs Microsoft- Who's the Copycat?

torrensmith writes "Paul Thurrott attacks the Apple Mac OS X Leopard Preview. He does have a few kind words for Apple and its leader Steve Jobs ("They do good work. It's too bad they feel the need to exaggerate so much.", but overall, he rips apart Apple for mimicking Vista, even going so far as to call the Apple fascination with Vista "childish." Paul does include a healthy review of the latest Leopard features, but quickly returned to his bashing of Apple. "

"OK, Paul"

[6OOOOO]

Until Vista actually comes out, these comments amount to not much more than so many farts in a steady breeze.

Re:Bashing?

[MrSquirrel]

Apple hasn't stolen Clippy yet. Well, I'm sure they've taken him, but they can't perfect him... it's just so goddamn hard to make something THAT annoying.

Re:Mocking?

[Anonymous Coward]

I think your comment should say "summary" instead of "headline".

Not just apple

[k1980pc]

''But by the same token, I have to admit to being a bit shocked by how childish Apple is about Vista.

Its not just Apple. Anybody who still thinks Vista is great is childish. I too share your shock

Re:Smashing Apples

[TPIRman]

At $129 for each version, that's about $750 on Mac OS X upgrades since 2001.

Paul's math is ... creative. 5 x $129 = $750?

By that standard, it's also "about" $500 on Mac OS upgrades since 2001. I just saved him $250 (or "about" $400).

Why make fun of Vista?

[DiscWolf]

Guys,

Why blast Vista? It is going to full of technological
breakthroughs and really is not that far behind schedule.
I hear it's going to be shipped any day now.

Sincerely,
Duke Nukem Forever

Re:Here We Go Again...

[Travoltus]

When Apple steals from MicroSoft, they get it right.

When MicroSoft steals from Apple, it doesn't work as well, and it crashes the system even faster.

Re:"OK, Paul"

[Yvan256]

When you fart, the shockwave should open the windows for you.

I don't use Flash, Shockwave nor Windows...

Wow. Overract much?

[Quiet_Desperation]

It's just a little corporate trash talking. Lighten up.

That's good, because Apple stole Sidebar idea wholeheartedly from Konfabulator and other widget environments that predated Dashboard.

Christ... remember, kids, ideology is not just a point of view, it's a mental illness. Just say no. :)

I get a lot of flak from the Mac community and no doubt this article will start another round of name-calling. (See how Apple's childish behavior rubs off on its fans?)

Well, if you insist. How about "elitist, holier-than-thou prick who needs to be kicked in the nuts so hard he'll tea bag himself every time he sneezes." Howzat?

Man, I just have NO patience for pundits anymore.

Re:Smashing Apples

[93 Escort Wagon]

"And I suppose David was an asshole for standing up to Goliath?"

Well, speaking as a Philistine I do think peoples' view of that confrontation have been rather one-sided.

Re:vista vapor

[Almahtar]

What? Now they're pulling bread slicing too? That was the only reason I wanted Vista!

Re:Agreed

[Anonymous Coward]

Ask yourself how irritated you are by the smug patronizing Apple adds of late, thye've pretty much cured me of any desire to by a Mac.

Actually, the move to Intel processors already cured me of any desire to buy a Mac.

Re:Rebuttal

[mrchaotica]

Yep, I'm biased. Actually using Mac OS X for a significant amount of time and then comparing it to Windows can do that to a person.

Re:world wide DEVELOPERS conference

[I'm Don Giovanni]

A DEVELOPERS conference, with a 5-10 minute segment focused on bashing MS? Comments about all MS can do is "copy Apple and Google"? Snide remarks agains MS throughout the keynote? Why is that kind of stuff at a DEVELOPERS conference? You don't hear crap like that at MS dev conferences.

Re:world wide DEVELOPERS conference

[Mattintosh]

No, you just hear "developers! developers! developers! developers!" chanted for 5-10 minutes while Ballmer catches his breath after all that chair-throwing.

Re:They were probably intended to.

[gstoddart]

Time Machine will be a huge aid to developers.

Agreed. I could be so much more productive at work if I had a Time Machine. :-P

ducks

Re:vista vapor

[CheeseTroll]

It was just an unfortunate misunderstanding by the marketing department, which mistook "multi-threaded" for "multi-breaded". Probably happened just prior to lunch.

No Bread!

[SeaFox]

Unfortunately, bread just isn't compatable with Microsoft's BRM (Bagel Rights Management) and allowing bread slicing on your new Vista PC might have crumby results.