[geeks] Microsoft Surface...

[John Francini]

And not to mention the fact that the actual shipping interface will 
look NOTHING like the one in the videos, nor be anywhere near as easy 
to use.  It will no doubt have lots of pop-ups with "Do you really 
want to do that?"  or "Microsoft Surface has downloaded 10 updates. 
Apply them?"  or any of the other ways that Windows keeps getting in 
your face, and never, ever letting you forget that you're using a 
damnable Microsoft product.

Microsoft is, was, and will always be a criminal organization. 
Remember: they were found guilty in a court of law of monopolistic 
behavior.  They are never, ever -- EVER -- to be trusted.

Pardon me while I barf.

j


At 8:33 +0100 5/31/07, Mark wrote:
>On 31 May 2007, at 01:22, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
>>  On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 12:03:00AM +0100, Mark wrote:
>>>  Has anyone else seen this:
>>>  http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
>>>  I was pretty blown away by it but I'm aware it could be partially
>>>  hype. Still as a concept it's pretty damned impressive, especially as
>>>  it came out of Microsoft!
>>
>>  Unfortunately, they didn't come up with the idea.
>
>Oh jesus can anyone *not* look at a Microsoft product and decide it's 
>a total crap shoot because it uses other people's innovation? I mean 
>really, it isn't something Microsoft have done exclusively but they 
>got a product, and are marketing it, and they've been working on this 
>for many years (well, if you believe the 'Origins' section).
>
>Whenever Apple releases an innovative new product everyone is in awe 
>and wonder at how great it is and how innovative it is, even if it 
>doesn't work off something they developed themselves - like the 
>screen on the iPhone, you mentioned they bought that in from outside.
>
>Yet if Microsoft does it everyone beats down on the table. They say 
>"You fraudsters, you ripped off so-and-so and such-and-such" or "oh 
>they just bought in someone elses idea", becuase that's what everyone 
>is used to saying about Microsoft. They overlook the fact that, at 
>least from the demos I've seen, this looks like a genuinely great 
>idea. It's intuitive, it's straightforward to use and, most 
>importantly, it's different.
>
>I've been a vocal critic of Microsoft, and still am, but even I can't 
>help but like this as a product concept. C'mon guys, they got the 
>product done first for a change, give em some credit...
>
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