All it took was one sentence in the Bend Bulletin calling Microsoft innovators, and the Mac fan boys had a field day with it. Here was the actual sentence from the story:
When Apple Computer created the iPod, Nike created the waffle-soled running shoe, Microsoft launched Windows and NASA put a man on the moon, they clearly were innovating.
Obiviously, that made the Mac folks angry…
We’ll rewrite the sentence correctly now: “When Apple Computer created the Mac and the iPod, Nike created the waffle-soled running shoe, and NASA put a man on the moon, they clearly were innovating.” There, that’s much better.
My guess is the reporter isn’t a die-hard geek, and was probably getting that anecdote directly from the guy they’re profiling in the story, but it’s still hilarious to me how folks on both sides of this will just freak out sometimes to defend their platform.
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Steve Jobs coined the term Windows.
Uh… I’m wondering how and why a Bulletin article got noticed by them at all?
Probably the same way I noticed that Mac-fan article: I have a google news search alert that picks up Bend, Oregon, and it got that article. They probably have a search for anything that has microsoft and apple in the same sentence 😉
Oh come on… Windows may have its failings… well, quite a lot of failings… but if it sucked as badly as some people claim then it wouldn’t be the world’s most popular OS, now would it?
But how did microsoft innovate anything? If anything Bill G was just smart and held onto DOS and then Windows and stoped it from becomming another IBM product.
Frankly I’m the most miffed by the NASA remark. It’s the MONKEYS you gotta thank, the monkeys!!!!!