e·co·sys·tem
n.
An ecological community together with its environment, functioning as a unit.
e·col·o·gy
n.
1. The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments. Also called bionomics.
2. The relationship between organisms and their environment.
Notice that ecosystems have to do with living organisms. There is absolutely no such thing as a "hardware ecosystem." Idiot marketing people need to stop abusing the english language. There are plenty of ways to describe what they are attempting to describe. We don't need to destroy an otherwise good and purposeful word by putting it so out of context.
personally, I think it's about time. I'm glad Microsoft is stepping up (if only because they HAVE TO)
Too bad those widgets are a direct copy of OS X 10.4's. The only original thing about them from the screenshots is the "window" (HA!) view of the weather.
True, Apple grabbed the basic idea from Konfabulator (though that in turn was loosely inspired by Apple's own little utilites from way back when). But it wasn't until after widgets were known to be a feature of Tiger that Microsoft 'mysteriously' changed its sidebar concept to behave much more like Dashboard or Konfabulator.
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etriky - Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - link
Are we going to see more coverage from WinHEC? Nice article, but short. Seems to be missing a follow up.cornfedone - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - link
Ya just gotta laugh at the "mushrooms" that show up at WinJIVE to be fed manure from Bill -Yes I'm entitled to STEAL - Gates himself.Sheep like to be led down a primrose path.
miekedmr - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - link
e·co·sys·temn.
An ecological community together with its environment, functioning as a unit.
e·col·o·gy
n.
1. The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments. Also called bionomics.
2. The relationship between organisms and their environment.
Notice that ecosystems have to do with living organisms. There is absolutely no such thing as a "hardware ecosystem." Idiot marketing people need to stop abusing the english language. There are plenty of ways to describe what they are attempting to describe. We don't need to destroy an otherwise good and purposeful word by putting it so out of context.
sprockkets - Friday, May 26, 2006 - link
no mention of the lovely death to drm people hahahaDerekWilson - Saturday, May 27, 2006 - link
actually, I didn't see them :-(Quiksel - Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - link
personally, I think it's about time. I'm glad Microsoft is stepping up (if only because they HAVE TO)Too bad those widgets are a direct copy of OS X 10.4's. The only original thing about them from the screenshots is the "window" (HA!) view of the weather.
raskren - Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - link
Golly, I wonder where Apple http://www.konfabulator.com">got that great idea?!Commodus - Thursday, May 25, 2006 - link
True, Apple grabbed the basic idea from Konfabulator (though that in turn was loosely inspired by Apple's own little utilites from way back when). But it wasn't until after widgets were known to be a feature of Tiger that Microsoft 'mysteriously' changed its sidebar concept to behave much more like Dashboard or Konfabulator.