Simon Aldous, Microsoft employee, the other day in an interview with PCR:
One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. 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.
Translation: “People love the way Mac OS X looks, and Windows looks like a turd, so we tried copying OS X a little more this time around.”
Yesterday, Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft Employee, rebuking Aldous’ comment on the Windows 7 blog:
An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and whether its look and feel was “borrowed” from Mac OS X. Unfortunately this came from a Microsoft employee who was not involved in any aspect of designing Windows 7. I hate to say this about one of our own, but his comments were inaccurate and uninformed.
Translation: “Fuck, Simon, don’t actually say that to people.”
