What has Microsoft done that is innovative? [LWN.net]

What has Microsoft done that is innovative?

Posted Apr 26, 2003 9:24 UTC (Sat) by mrchaotica (guest, #10899)
In reply to: What has Microsoft done that is innovative? by sphealey
Parent article: Ballmer: No sleep lost over Linux (News.com)

I don't claim to be an expert, but I've never heard about any precursors to "Microsoft Bob" or the "Office Assistant." Maybe they "innovated" those!

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What has Microsoft done that is innovative?

Posted Apr 29, 2003 5:27 UTC (Tue) by guybar (subscriber, #798) [Link]

Actually, I regard these annoying traits as inovative indeed;
MS tried to solve a very hard problem (teaching the computer
illiterates efficiently) in an automated way.

They may be failed innovations (not completely, IMHO), they are
definately very aggravating innovations (though less so than, say,
TV commercials ... ), but credit should be given to a "can-do"
approach.

Not every innovation must be on the scale of controlled fusion ...