[Rory Blyth] However, when MS takes a little something here and a little something there, people act like Bill Gates personally tore out Mother Theresa’s still beating heart and ate it in front of her.

Rory has a great look at Sun Java Desktop.

I’ve always felt that the Unix guys would really “up the ante” if they spent time innovating the shell rather than getting it to emulate a Windows look and feel. Apple knows this - just look at Aqua. Every time you fire up the desktop, you begin to salivate because it’s fun to use. Apple understands that the most important part of designing a user interface is that it’s job is to create an emotional response with software by creating an experience around it. They understand people.