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Sun, 01 October 2006 12:30

emarenot

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Registered: June 2005

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I was checking out this site:
http://opencroquet.org/about_croquet/faqs.html
and found this observation: (This quote came from a section of a FAQ that
was talking specifically about GUI's.)

"The emergence of software monopolies removed any encouragement to innovate
on the platform (interface). Compare a modern PC of 2004 to the first
Macintosh shipping in 1984 and the major difference you will see is color."

I had to laugh when I read it. Sure, there are lots of added/new features
on the Mac or Window's GUIs, but the basic design concept remains the same.
Pretty amazing when you consider the high tech wizardry of the past twenty
years.

By the way, if you haven't checked this site out: http://www.metafilter.com/
you might do so. It's become part of my daily internet tour.

Rock on.
MR

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