Re:Why Open Source Needs Microsoft (Score 1)

...open-source doesn't have the resources to research and develop effective UI

While Evolution may be a good example for your trolling generalization, it's just not true about all open source projects. One could just as easily claim that open source doesn't have the resources to research and develop fast, flexible, complete, or efficient software systems. There are talented open source programmers who pay attention to those things, just as there are talented open source programmers who work on UI.

And just because some projects choose to clone commercial software's UI doesn't mean that it's because of a lack of resources. Many commercial software companies choose to reuse existing UI concepts. Where did Microsoft get the UI model for Windoes? Where did Apple get it?