swa66 - 8:54 am on Nov 16, 2009 (gmt 0)

In an interview with PCR, Microsoft's partner group manager, Simon Aldous stated Microsoft created a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics for Windows 7:
[pcr-online.biz...]

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. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.

As one would expect, the software moloch quickly refuted it all:
[pcr-online.biz...]

Simon was incorrect in describing Windows 7 in this way and subsequent headlines claiming that the Mac OS inspired Windows 7 are totally inaccurate

I'm sure Microsoft never got inspired by others. LOL!