I'm sure that the actors were compensated, but the actual person that contributed to the operating system? I don't really think so. I have submitted "feedback" to Windows XP. I have never received any kind of compensation. Have you ever submitted suggestions to Microsoft? Have you ever received...
I'm amazed that you haven't heard of any of them;
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Just a few sites that point out a few of the items that were "ripped-off" from Mac OS X.
I think they should, but unfortunately Microsoft has so many lawyers...
Microsoft’s' newest operating system, Windows 7, has a new campaign out. The advertisements follow certain people around, and they end up showing how "I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea".
Of course Microsoft's new operating system was someone else's idea. They haven't had an original idea in...
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