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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:17:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <hps@tanstaafl.de>
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Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation...
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ben@kalifornia.com (Ben Ford) writes:

>> On the other hand, they make excellent mice.  The mouse wheel and
>> the new optical mice are truly innovative and Microsoft should be
>> commended for them. 
>> 
>The wheel was a nifty idea, but I've seen workstations 15 years old with 
>optical mice.  It wasn't MS's idea.

Abstracting the graphics API from the hardware wasn't M$ idea,
either. But they succeeded where Amiga failed. Having an idea is 99%
of the innovation and 1% of the success.

	Regards
		Henning

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