Tuesday, June 29, 2004

The New York Times > Technology > Apple Putting More Focus on Simplifying Searching

The New York Times > Technology > Apple Putting More Focus on Simplifying Searching "The race between Tiger and Longhorn was something of a theme at the conference, which has long attracted a crowd of Macintosh aficionados. One billboard-size sign greeting developers read, "Redmond, we have a problem"; Microsoft's headquarters are in Redmond, Wash.
Another sign read, "Get your copiers ready," referring to Apple's longstanding claim that many of Windows' best innovations were copied from the Macintosh.
"They're copying our concepts," Mr. Jobs said. "I'd kind of like to get credit sometime," he added. In the late 1980's, Apple sued Microsoft, accusing it of copying the Macintosh operating system."

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