Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:17:44 +0000 (UTC) | From | "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <> | Subject | Re: Linux stifles innovation... |
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ben@kalifornia.com (Ben Ford) writes:
>> On the other hand, they make excellent mice. The mouse wheel and >> the new optical mice are truly innovative and Microsoft should be >> commended for them. >> >The wheel was a nifty idea, but I've seen workstations 15 years old with >optical mice. It wasn't MS's idea.
Abstracting the graphics API from the hardware wasn't M$ idea, either. But they succeeded where Amiga failed. Having an idea is 99% of the innovation and 1% of the success.
Regards Henning
-- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen -- Geschaeftsfuehrer INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH hps@intermeta.de
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