heatlesssun
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Some of guys are so full of shit it's not even funny. Whether it was through his sensationalism skills, an idea he came up with on his own, or him sticking to his guns with a "stolen" idea - it doesn't matter - he changed many markets, plain and simple. To deny that is...well, blatant denial. And just stupid.
Couldn't agree more. Just like at the next version of Windows. Windows is commercially the most successful piece of software in history and is really in no danger of dying anytime soon. But the vast bulk of work and changes in Windows 8 are in direct response to the success of Apple's mobile products, particularly the iPad. Who first invented the smart phone and tablet is irrelevant. iOS products have redefined computing, particularly in the consumer space.
Microsoft feels so threatened by iOS that it's making perhaps the riskiest and most controversial changes ever to a market dominant product to compete with Apple, changes that would have most assuredly not happened, at least not like the changes to Windows 8, had the iPad not been a phenomenal success.