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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Further, Apple has a reputation (deserved or undeserved) for creativity. Microsoft has a reputation (likewise, deserved or undeserved) for no creativity whatsoever. So in the context of the original comment -- Microsoft losing its reputation for creativity -- whether or not that reputation reflects reality, Microsoft has very little reputation in that area to lose.
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You also have to realize they operate in totally different markets. You can still run pretty much any app still on Windows 7 (32-bit). Where as Apple has twice (I think it was) abandoned older software by creating a whole new OS... Sure, they have some emulators but still every app had to be re-written or ported to run on the new OS/Framework/Etc.
If Microsoft did this they would be lynched by the press and the analysts and called a greedy and evil company. While Apple bundles a browser, a photo app, a music player, an IM program, etc... they are lauded Microsoft gets sued for doing the same thing.
You say:
"The only creativity MS has shown in the last 15 years or so has been to "creatively" wait for Apple to innovate something and then poorly copy it into Windows."
Ok, I think the XBox 360 and XBox live network was creative. The social aspect of it, the achievments, gamer tags... none of that existed prior to XBox.... now Sony, Nintendo, Google and yes even Apple copy them.
That's just one of many creative things they have done.
They also invented ajax, basically to be able to deliver Outlook Web Access. Granted the term AJAX was coined much later but AJAX is the foundation that most Web 2.0 apps are built on in order to provide a rich user interface in the browser. Without AJAX there would be no Google Main, no FaceBook, no Twitter, etc.
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