Does MS deserve any respect ?

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DirtyP2002 said:

Do you think Sony was inspired by the Wii for their wands?
==> so true, but  I never said I respected sony for this
but at least, they did not steal Eye Toy from anyone, right ?
and so far, the Wand is nothing and may completely fail
so Sony didnt build themselve on it ... at least for the moment !
Do you think Burger King was inspired by Mc Donalds?
==>true too, BK is dead in France ... dont remember them much
Do you think Pepsi was inspired by Coca Cola?
==> true too but I dont drink Cola/Pepsi
Do you think VW was inspired by Toyota?
==> perhaps ... if you say
Do you think VGC was inspired by IGN?
==> hum, not that much
Do you think facebook was inspired by myspace?
==> dont know myspace that much ...

This is regular business. Of course you see what your competition is doing and you try to learn from them.

I wonder if the problem is not about the word to use :

rip-off   OR    inspiration

and what I have seen seems to be a rip-off on Mac OS X design ...

(where are you Dante Inferno lol)