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Where is X-Windows	by: Janvanl
The X-Windows system was there before MS-windows and did a lot of the things mentioned, I played a little with it in the 80's and 90's on a DEC Workstation. My guess is that MS-Windows took quite a lot from X-Windows so waving with very questionable patents is no that smart.

I discovered an error in the article	by: Fred McKinney
There's a sentence in there that says "It even uses most of Windows' keystrokes, like Alt-F4 to close a window, which, oddly, the slightly more Windows-like KDE doesn't." I tend to use a lot of keyboard shortcuts, and as a PCLinuxOS user using the default KDE desktop that comes with it, I know for a fact that KDE DOES use Alt-F4 to close the currently active window. However, unlike Windows, Alt-F4 in KDE doesn't bring up the log-off/shutdown dialog box.

On Linux Desktop Innovations	by: toxico
The article misses a huge point, most of the innovations of desktops an office suits were gradual. By error or intent the author seems to believe that MS Word invented its interface. Well, there was Word Perfect, you know, and MS Word was mimicking it and running behind it for quite a while. Also, since I learned to eat solid food long ago, I was using X Windows on Sun Sparcs in 1988-1990 (the front for the old SunOS followed later followed by Solaris). X Windows is still (though maked up) core of any Unix or Linux desktop. At the time MS Windows 3 (the first commercially successful MS Windows) was crawling its first steps. So stop playing MS tunes, and believing they invented warm water.

Prior Art = X-Windows	by: Nordic23
You guys are right, X-Window system been around a long time, probably since 1986 or 1987. Looks like X-windows will have a prior art advantage on MS windows. However there is one feature MS windows did create firts, ( The BSOD ). I don't know if they have a patent on it, but I haven't noticed any other OS infringing on it. If MS has not pattened the BSOD yet, may be one of us should, then anytime a MS system BSOD's we can claim patent infringment:) Nordic23

Re: Prior Art = X-Windows	by: toxico
You are damn right. Not even in 1987 I have seen a BSOD in Unix X-Windows :-) :-)

The Boy who cried wolf!!!	by: bim_bim
The article's author count on the fact that most people have no experience or close-to-ignorance on historical facts and exposure to other OSes. What the author did not actually know is that those are simply configurations of KDE and GNOME desktop. Thus, the real innovation in GNU/Linux desktops are of its configurability. I usually change the default desktop organization in Ubuntu. And, for those users who are used to Mac OSX, I placed items to closely mimic that of MAC OSX. This kind of article reminds of the story "The boy who cried wolf!!!" MS is counting on the fact that the more you repeat a lie it somewhat becomes credible in the long time.

Re: The Boy who cried wolf!!!	by: bim_bim
Recounting the story .... it's funny that MS complain on patents yet it is a company proven to be violating patents and copying ideas from Free and Open Source Software Technologies. :D I guess the author is too busy writing than researching facts.