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Andrew Close wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 10/12/05, Richard Bronosky <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mythtv@bronosky.com"><mythtv@bronosky.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The gods of User Experience have spoken (
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.apple.com/imac/frontrow.html">http://www.apple.com/imac/frontrow.html</a> ) let's offer them the highest
form of flattery.
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hmm, it kinda looks like Apple ripped off CenterStage:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://centerstageproject.com/index.php">http://centerstageproject.com/index.php</a>
i believe CneterStage was supposed to be an opensource media center
for the Mac platform...
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I wouldn't call it a ripoff. They look nothing alike. But if you are
referring to the concept, I would say that Apple is extremely careful
not to step on the toes of 3rd party and Open Source developers. Apple
could have built in FTP functionality years ago, but has respected
Fetch Softworks and Panic Software.<br>
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(Don't even bring up Konfabulator... that argument has been made.
Dashboard is a very different product built on existing Apple
technologies, where Konfabulator was built on heavy JS & HTML
processing layers. Konfabulator had a different goal in mind, and they
have reached it now that Yahoo! has purchased them.)<br>
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