Once again...MS (Score 1)

OK, I was a bit too general there. However, I see supporting Java and OpenGL as merely trying to do what MS is not, like picking through the MS garbage heap to see what MS has pitched out.

I disagree. OpenGL is there to appease John Cormack more than anything else. Java is there to just get up to speed and to get a few more apps available to Mac users.

My real question is this - what has Apple stolen from Microsoft?

Well, I see them stealing business sense from them. Jobs has come in as a messiah (=Gates), unleashed the iMac with known limitations (but "good enough"), and has released a next generation OS (MacOSX Server) before it's perfect so that the users can work out the bugs. They've also done things like Java and OpenGl in order to gain key players on their side. Jobs has hired super smart people to get the work done for him, and he's right on top of them. This is all classic Gates.

So, Apple may not have stolen Microsoft technology, but they have taken on Microsoft's attitude. (BTW, USB isn't exactly an Apple technology. But, Apple was the first to embrace it in an uncompromised position instead of along 17 other different ports.)
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