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MS didn't copy Mac
If you use both, the Mac and Windows GUIs are very much different. If you only look at the pictures, you may not notice that, of course and may think they are the same or at least similar. They only share the notion of representing a program or data object with an icon. Mechanically they are very different.

To start with, the Mac only has a single mouse button and lacks the right click for properties and function paradigm that is the core of Windows GUI operation. Mac does it with a separate menu bar at the top of the desktop and Windows has separate menu bars for each open window that are also invoked with the right click used by most Windows users.

The copycat programs in linux work a lot like Windows but things like Open Office do not have the rich APIs and VBA scripting capabilities that have been used for almost a decade by corporations in creating custom forms and procedures based on MS Office as the corporate standard office automation product.

It's not just showing someone how to click on a different button or two, it's the redesign of years of procedures and methods and the data aligned with those procedures and methods. The linux advocates do seem to have much understanding of real business practices.
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Interesting.....  Kamakazii | 10/05/04
Re: Interesting  alterego_z | 10/05/04
windows NV (no virii)?  Richard Flude | 10/05/04
no training is needed for a OS  V Sanders | 10/06/04
Must have been setup well..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
.. a few other quibbles..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
I'm sure AT&T will take these into consideration.  Laff | 10/06/04
Re: AT  d_jedi | 10/06/04
Uh... yes it does.  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Does it?  d_jedi | 10/06/04
Then change it...  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Well like in your previous posts and response to me  Laff | 10/06/04
Thank you, Linux user..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
No problem!  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Oops..  d_jedi | 10/06/04
OK...let's rehash.  Cardinal_Bill | 10/06/04
re: OK...let's rehash.  d_jedi | 10/06/04
re:interesting  ickusslime@... | 10/05/04
Retraining, Retraining!! They don't need no stinkin' Retrainin' !  el1jones | 10/05/04
MS didn't copy Mac  StorageGuru | 10/06/04
Right Click  mrlinux | 10/06/04
MS DID Copy the Mac Interface  jacarter3 | 10/06/04
Your kidding, right?  el1jones | 10/06/04
Why stay with the limited capabilities of VBScript?  Linux User 147560 | 10/06/04
Correct!  Zooomy | 10/06/04
They have to "retrain" anyway  IT_User | 10/05/04
Evan "IF" what you say is true...Isn't the benefits of  Laff | 10/06/04
Not too big of a story.  doe_z | 10/05/04
Gee AT&T spokesman appears at odds with the comments of the CIO  Richard Flude | 10/05/04
The quote about not having to switch was from the CIO...  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
Faint hope  StorageGuru | 10/06/04
Wow you're right;-)  Richard Flude | 10/06/04
No matter how one trys to SPIN this it is big  Laff | 10/06/04
Lets not forget.  doe_z | 10/06/04
It does seem that the people that should know about  Laff | 10/06/04
Can't sue AT&T over System V infringement  StorageGuru | 10/06/04
Agreed, diversifying is key to security. NT  dave95 | 10/06/04
Can you elaborate on this please?  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
hmmm, it only seems natural  dave95 | 10/06/04
companies like this want to install bare bones pc's with only apps agents  V Sanders | 10/06/04
Mac costs  Roger Ramjet | 10/06/04
Here I think...  doe_z | 10/06/04
TCOO  sjohns14@... | 10/06/04
and?  doh123 | 10/06/04
Mass adoption  supoman | 10/06/04
Clue 1 - Corps don't buy $499 specials  ITGuy04 | 10/06/04
Wasn't the cost of hardware that drove us to PCs  YuridaMan | 10/06/04
Hardware cost essentially a wash  markdoc.geo | 10/07/04
Does it really cost as much?  emiliosic | 10/07/04
This Is Only The Beginning.....  itanalyst | 10/06/04
First we get the power! Then we get the WOMEN!!!  Laff | 10/06/04
Now that's an inspiring headline.  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
You would think . . .  Roger Ramjet | 10/06/04
Selective targeting  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
I don't know Anton....Perhaps you are introducting  Laff | 10/06/04
Bet you weren't discussing O-S-X  Anton Philidor | 10/06/04
Personally I think generalizations always fail  Laff | 10/06/04
could care less  dlevesqu | 10/06/04
AT&T is extremely myopic, the future lies consolidated  HypnoToad | 10/06/04
Only time will tell this tale.......:)  Laff | 10/06/04
Switching is no idle threat  Chad_z | 10/06/04
I wonder if the EU commision can read?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
I'll be blunt  Darkintent | 10/06/04
So will I.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
It's curious...  jacarter3 | 10/06/04
I see your mistake...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
Wrong again  Fred Fredrickson | 10/06/04
Who's fault is that?  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
What fault?  jacarter3 | 10/07/04
Not statistically relevant!  B.O.F.H. | 10/06/04
Don't tell me, tell Munich.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
15,000 desktops will not change the statistic much!  B.O.F.H. | 10/06/04
And here you made such a big deal about it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
No such claim was made!  B.O.F.H. | 10/06/04
Yes but...  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
Ah but the point is...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/06/04
However...  John L. Ries | 10/06/04
I wonder if you can think?  Fred Fredrickson | 10/06/04
Simply put  michael-t | 10/06/04
Well not exactly.  Cardinal_Bill | 10/06/04
Irony  PMDubuc | 10/06/04
Actually no.  seosamh_z | 10/06/04
Re: Actually no.  PMDubuc | 10/07/04
Makes sense  John L. Ries | 10/06/04
It's OK ...  michael-t | 10/06/04
AT&T could be floating this to get a break from MS  robmill | 10/07/04

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