[ NOTE: This sounds like a good topic for the OT list ;-] On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 17:39 +0200, Rikard Johnels wrote:
Actually, Microsoft and a few others have invested millions of dollars to investigate what GUI is the most effective one. Intuitive, usefullness etc. So no matter WHAT your opinion is on the Microsoft software and ethics, they DO make sure they have SOMETHING on their feet when they start writing their thing...
But they've often been _wrong_ in their "group studies" as well. Microsoft tends to use a lot of money they claim for such studies to actually push "marketing" and _not_ real research. I've personally been involved with one myself in the distant past. ;-> On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 14:07 -0400, suse@rio.vg wrote:
Wha? OSX's guy is based on windows? I had been under the impression that Windows copied Mac, and Mac copied W or whatever the Xerox original implementation was.
X is largely based on Job's NeXTstep, which has influenced most of the pre-GNOME developments, as well as the subsequent Sawmill/Sawfish and, now, Metacity window managers used in GNOME. A lot of these GNOME developers have been paid Red Hat employees -- hence Red Hat's unintentional bias at times (which they _fully_ admit). -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------- Illegal Immigration = "Representation Without Taxation" -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com