Microsoft Denies Apple Influenced Windows 7 Design

[alexmvp]

Microsoft has blamed one of its own, calling “inaccurate and uninformed” comments Wednesday that its new Windows 7 operating system was inspired by the Mac. Wednesday, Microsoft partner group manager Simon Aldous told a magazine the software giant’s OS aimed to mimic the Mac’s graphics.

 

“Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7,” Brandon LeBlanc wrote at the Windows Blog Wednesday evening.

 

This latest comment appears to back-pedal on an interview Aldous gave to PCR, in which he stated: “What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics.”

 

Consumers have commented on how some graphic elements – such as the Windows 7 taskbar and the Mac OS X doct – behave alike. Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg had also noted the similarities.

 

http://www.cultofmac.com/microsoft-wind ... c-os/21004

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/window ... ows-7.aspx

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09 ... esign.html

 

I'm going to be this guys lost his job lol!

[Steve Krause]

Yeah I read about this a few days back when the original comment was posted. Microsoft has since followed up with another post on their blog: How Windows 7 was REALLY Designed from Brandon LaBlanc

 

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/window ... ows-7.aspx