Comments on: Microsoft green with Apple envy http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:28:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: BillC. http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-76251 BillC. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:59:44 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-76251 Afraid they wouldn't get the disks back? Why, did they think they'd have to do a reinstall? I've had to do two reinstalls since Jaguar, and that was because I was too lazy to figure out what startup conflict I had. Afraid they wouldn’t get the disks back?

Why, did they think they’d have to do a reinstall?

I’ve had to do two reinstalls since Jaguar, and that was because I was too lazy to figure out what startup conflict I had.

]]> By: Lavaflows http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-75783 Lavaflows Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:12:55 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-75783 I'd never heard of Jim Allshin before, but reading his Wikipedia bio is quite enlightening. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Allchin] "For a year, Bill Gates tried to recruit a reluctant Allchin to join Microsoft, finally persuading him in 1990 by telling him that whatever he created would reach a wider customer base through Microsoft than through anyone else." It's a shame such a creative fellow as this has to report to the bean counting corporate suit- Ballmer. His frustration must be immense by now as his team aborted grandiose feature after feature promised from Vista only to end up with the DRM debacle upcoming. I’d never heard of Jim Allshin before, but reading his Wikipedia bio is quite enlightening. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Allchin]
“For a year, Bill Gates tried to recruit a reluctant Allchin to join Microsoft, finally persuading him in 1990 by telling him that whatever he created would reach a wider customer base through Microsoft than through anyone else.”

It’s a shame such a creative fellow as this has to report to the bean counting corporate suit- Ballmer. His frustration must be immense by now as his team aborted grandiose feature after feature promised from Vista only to end up with the DRM debacle upcoming.

]]> By: Chris http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74537 Chris Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:40:14 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74537 And its good to see Microsoft respect Apple's NDA, haha. And its good to see Microsoft respect Apple’s NDA, haha.

]]> By: Jet Tredmont http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74389 Jet Tredmont Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:38:07 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74389 Sharing Mac OS X Tiger installation disks. Has someone called BSA to report on the executive offices at Microsoft yet? Sharing Mac OS X Tiger installation disks.

Has someone called BSA to report on the executive offices at Microsoft yet?

]]> By: DM Cook http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74355 DM Cook Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:46:53 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74355 Remember that Microsoft cut out two major sections of Vista to get it to ship-- the "new communications infastructure" and the new filesystem, as well as key elements of the new UI. OS X had already matched the comms architecture around 2003-2004. The OS X filesystem has set Spotlight up rather nicely. The UI can always improve, but come on--we're already there, and have been for a damn long time. Can't wait for the "top secret" features of Leopard! Remember that Microsoft cut out two major sections of Vista to get it to ship– the “new communications infastructure” and the new filesystem, as well as key elements of the new UI.

OS X had already matched the comms architecture around 2003-2004. The OS X filesystem has set Spotlight up rather nicely. The UI can always improve, but come on–we’re already there, and have been for a damn long time. Can’t wait for the “top secret” features of Leopard!

]]> By: Jeff Flowers http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74351 Jeff Flowers Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:38:29 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74351 Personally, I think Microsoft is still behind Tiger, even with the release of Vista. Personally, I think Microsoft is still behind Tiger, even with the release of Vista.

]]> By: Eddy http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74348 Eddy Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:21:35 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74348 Do I read this correctly? MS compares spotligtht (an OS add-on) to WinFS (and OS building-block). Now, they dropped WinFS but included their own system-wide search. Does this mean that, after the demo from Steve Jobs, they changed course on how to implement this feature? Replace an unfeasable technology by something that is just a copy-action? You can not call this Microsoft technology then. I wouldn't be supprised if they didn't actually design and develop their own variant, but peeked at how Apple is doing it. Pathetic for the company who wants "a computer on every desk and a computer in every home". By now, the only thing left that is genuinly theirs must be the company name. Good to read the panic in these mail, though. Go, go Apple! Do I read this correctly? MS compares spotligtht (an OS add-on) to WinFS (and OS building-block). Now, they dropped WinFS but included their own system-wide search.

Does this mean that, after the demo from Steve Jobs, they changed course on how to implement this feature? Replace an unfeasable technology by something that is just a copy-action?

You can not call this Microsoft technology then. I wouldn’t be supprised if they didn’t actually design and develop their own variant, but peeked at how Apple is doing it.

Pathetic for the company who wants “a computer on every desk and a computer in every home”. By now, the only thing left that is genuinly theirs must be the company name.

Good to read the panic in these mail, though. Go, go Apple!

]]> By: Stephen http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74344 Stephen Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:04:12 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74344 Read the PDF, seriously. Wow! Read the PDF, seriously. Wow!

]]> By: Pegges http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74342 Pegges Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:54:26 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74342 Not only are Microsoft impressed by the software, Microsoft Norway recently demoed Windows Vista ...on an iMac! http://atvs.vg.no/player/index.php?id=7334 Not only are Microsoft impressed by the software, Microsoft Norway recently demoed Windows Vista …on an iMac!
http://atvs.vg.no/player/index.php?id=7334

]]> By: Jim Hummel http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74337 Jim Hummel Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:43:55 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/01/27/microsoft-green-with-apple-envy/#comment-74337 It's also interesting to note that Microsoft employees might be pirating??? Quote: ..."Microsoft’s top executives were so taken with Tiger that they refused to share their installation discs..." referring to Len Pryor's e-mail statement: "You will have to take Vic's disk ... I am not giving mine up ;-)" How quaint!! It’s also interesting to note that Microsoft employees might be pirating???

Quote: …”Microsoft’s top executives were so taken with Tiger that they refused to share their installation discs…” referring to Len Pryor’s e-mail statement: “You will have to take Vic’s disk … I am not giving mine up ;-)”

How quaint!!

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