Yeah, because they pretty much own the industry for home computers also, an interesting article.

http://gizmodo.com/5398689/reality-check

Hmm. . . I don't know. To be a bit contrarian to your statement, you could say that it takes a bit of humility to say "These people do it really well, so we want to mimic them if we can and try to better it." OS is better than Windows and almost always has been, but Windows 7 is about as close as they've come. But, from reading your post I feel you have already made up your mind on this, hopefully one can see both sides in a situation such as this one. MS is by no means "nice" or "clean handed" but they do admit when they are wrong or bettered, and that is a lot more rare than a lot of people on the internet like to admit. My $.02.

To continue, I don't care that much if one multi billion dollar corporation "Steals Ideas" from another, as long as I get a better product in the end. I hate to think where the console industry would be if Sony hadn't made the Dualshock after stealing the ideas for rumble and analogs from Nintendo. It's how industry progresses.

what!? liblellule slagging off Microsofts balls, damn sometime it not good to be inspired by yourself after awhile it gets rather old.

Yes. Not for Win7 though. I respect MS for their ruthlessness and sticking to their guns of lack of creativity, but still managing to keep a strangle hold on the current culture while keeping us years behind. I have to respect that because they are doing a fantastic job. I don't like it. I would rather see them crash and burn and see other companies managing to propel our software ahead. But the fact that they are succeeding deserves respect.

back many many years ago, bill gates copied mac, to create windows all together, to was a mac copy then as it is now, nothing has changed, i dont hate ms for it, they were allowed to get away with it, i use there software and like it, im running vista and love it, there is a difference in desighning somthing inspired by another, or a knock off or copy. the only thing i was real mad at ms about, was them knowing the major problems with the 360, and shipping anyway. then they really screwed over lots and lots of people. the only reason they extended the warrenty is because of all the class action lawsuites against them. for the terrible quality of the 360. they did not take care of us because there a good company who cares they did it because they had to. this is not to make anyone angry, pure facts, look in to it if you think im wrong.

First we had the Sony integrity thread now the Microsoft respect thread.

they get my respect for one thing.. and thats making Windows

NO RESPECT! ... 360 RUINED GAMING! converting intellectual RPG gamers into mindless FPS gamers with no respect ... * offtopic, windows 7 is actually goood*