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[.Neo]

Lo Tec, on 07 February 2012 - 14:53, said:

Gnome was released in 1997. The current Mac interface came about in the early 2000s. Some of Mac's interface was "borrowed" from NeXTStep.

You're still delusional. Things like the Menu Bar go all the way back to the original Mac OS released in 1984. Nothing was "borrowed" from NeXTSTEP, Steve Jobs developed it in 1989 and sold it to Apple in early 1997 following an announcement in late 1996. NeXTSTEP was then turned into Mac OS X.

You really have no point whatsoever. In fact the only thing you proofed here is that GNOME is much younger than both Mac OS and NeXTSTEP are. You should also keep in mind that early GNOME looked nothing like Mac OS/NeXTSTEP. They didn't start copying stuff until recent years.

[Lo Tec]

Maybe I have my facts wrong when it comes to Gnome and Mac. Was never a Mac fan boi, so it isn't important to me. So many OSes "borrow" from each other all the time, it's hard to keep track of who "stole" what and when.

So I will concede the point.

[+ViperAFK]

Lo Tec, on 07 February 2012 - 15:52, said:

So many OSes "borrow" from each other all the time, it's hard to keep track of who "stole" what and when.

But its so much more fun to argue about who stole what!

[simrat]

Lo Tec, on 07 February 2012 - 15:52, said:

Maybe I have my facts wrong when it comes to Gnome and Mac. Was never a Mac fan boi, so it isn't important to me. So many OSes "borrow" from each other all the time, it's hard to keep track of who "stole" what and when.

So I will concede the point.

I would love to know what Windows copied from KDE..

[+Kreuger]

I loved KDE until 4. The way it changed is too much for me. I switched to LXDE though and haven't looked back. Also, did anyone see the article about Canonical dropping funding from Kubuntu?

[Lo Tec]

Kreuger, on 07 February 2012 - 16:44, said:

I loved KDE until 4. The way it changed is too much for me. I switched to LXDE though and haven't looked back. Also, did anyone see the article about Canonical dropping funding from Kubuntu?

Agreed. I went to Gnome and then Xfce. MATE and Cinnamon look good also. Will give those a try soon.

[.Neo]

Lo Tec, on 07 February 2012 - 15:52, said:

Maybe I have my facts wrong when it comes to Gnome and Mac. Was never a Mac fan boi, so it isn't important to me. So many OSes "borrow" from each other all the time, it's hard to keep track of who "stole" what and when.

So I will concede the point.

So why exactly did you bring it up in the first place?