From: "Dave Ings" 

I am constantly amazed at how little MS gets for its massive R&D
budget. Other commentators have remarked that more and more MS is looking
like the fossilized IBM of the late 80s, and I wouldn't disagree too
strongly.

I ran into a recently resigned MS MSN GM at the local bar recently, and he
opined that this paralysis hasn't escaped the notice of MS employees and
that as a result morale isn't that great.
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"Adam"  wrote in message
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>
http://wilshipley.com/blog/2005/04/longhorn-todays-technology-tomorrow.html
>
> "Not content to imitate Mac OS X Tiger, today Bill Gates unveiled that
> Longhorn is going to contain a giant rip-off of Delicious Library, as
well!
>
> I know this sounds like a joke, but check out the screenshots above from
> his keynote at WinHEC. Hey, if only there were some way that you could
> have an online catalog of books, movies, music, and videogames... and
> what if you displayed the full-size covers of those items, and there was
> a search field to refine your choices, and a slider to zoom in and out,
> and you could buy an item with a single click? Yah. Someone should
> invent something like that.
>
> The amazing thing is THERE IS NOT ONE INNOVATION IN THIS. 100% of the
> things in this screenshot are things we did first in Delicious Library,
> except for the ber-ugly look of their shelves. That's theirs. (And
> apparently you can view the BACK of the cover in theirs. Man, they are
> thinking OUTSIDE THE BOX!)
>

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