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Story: Getting to grips with Longhorn
Posted by: Trev (Monday 18 April 2005, 11:16 AM)
"Allchin stressed that Microsoft has broken new ground in Longhorn. For example, document icons are no longer a hint of the type of file, but rather a small picture of the file itself."
Is this some sort of joke? Gnome/KDE on Linux has been doing this for a while. There's nothing wrong with using ideas from other operating systems, but to copy them then claim your are innovating is indicitive of the arrogance of Microsoft.
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