Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:28:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:28:00 -0500 Received: from limes.hometree.net ([194.231.17.49]:13417 "EHLO limes.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 06:27:54 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:17:44 +0000 (UTC) From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Message-ID: <96ob0o$j7o$1@forge.intermeta.de> Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH In-Reply-To: <4461B4112BDB2A4FB5635DE199587432022423@mail0.myrio.com>, <3A8F5A5C.9060105@kalifornia.com> Reply-To: hps@tanstaafl.de Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation... Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ben@kalifornia.com (Ben Ford) writes: >> On the other hand, they make excellent mice. The mouse wheel and >> the new optical mice are truly innovative and Microsoft should be >> commended for them. >> >The wheel was a nifty idea, but I've seen workstations 15 years old with >optical mice. It wasn't MS's idea. Abstracting the graphics API from the hardware wasn't M$ idea, either. But they succeeded where Amiga failed. Having an idea is 99% of the innovation and 1% of the success. Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen -- Geschaeftsfuehrer INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH hps@intermeta.de Am Schwabachgrund 22 Fon.: 09131 / 50654-0 info@intermeta.de D-91054 Buckenhof Fax.: 09131 / 50654-20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/