Microsoft's Big-Ass Table
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- Bib Fortuna
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Microsoft's Big-Ass Table
by Bib Fortuna » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:58 am
"But then an even greater force emerged, “the un,” and “the un” un-Nazi’d the world, forever!"
by Bobby » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:32 pm
Yes Ness, it's real.
That was Microsoft's big announcement last month at the D conference to counter the whole iPhone
thing. billg was getting ticked off with Goatberg's constant needling, so he dumped this whole "we're
into multi-touch too, see? We've been working on this for 5 years, and we want to corner the
market in furniture computing! Only $10K."
I had a good laugh with some of my Microsoft employee friends over this one. Even they had to
admit their shock and horror with this latest misdirection. It's trivial to take something small like
the iPhone's screen and make it as big as Microsoft's, but much harder to go the other way.
How far behind are they now? 2, 3 years?
There's also a patent issue. Apple has built up a huge collection of key patents on multi-touch
screens and gestures.
Scoble has .
-b
p.s. I think they're taking this whole 'furniture OS' a bit too far. I hear they're going after the
embedded sofa market next.
That was Microsoft's big announcement last month at the D conference to counter the whole iPhone
thing. billg was getting ticked off with Goatberg's constant needling, so he dumped this whole "we're
into multi-touch too, see? We've been working on this for 5 years, and we want to corner the
market in furniture computing! Only $10K."
I had a good laugh with some of my Microsoft employee friends over this one. Even they had to
admit their shock and horror with this latest misdirection. It's trivial to take something small like
the iPhone's screen and make it as big as Microsoft's, but much harder to go the other way.
How far behind are they now? 2, 3 years?
There's also a patent issue. Apple has built up a huge collection of key patents on multi-touch
screens and gestures.
Scoble has .
-b
p.s. I think they're taking this whole 'furniture OS' a bit too far. I hear they're going after the
embedded sofa market next.
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by billy_pilgrim » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:15 am
If u have 13 ice cubes and i have 38, how many pancakes will fit on my roof?
Answer: Purple, coz aliens dont wear hats !!!!!
Answer: Purple, coz aliens dont wear hats !!!!!
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
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