I was just making an observation, not making an excuse for Microsoft. Apple may have "won" long ago vs. MS for all I care, if that is what you want me to say. I don't know how my reply got twisted into something that I didn't say.

I was also just making an observation that I thought was amusing. I was just riffing off of your post, not degrading it. Not all replies are arguments.

I agree that Microsoft has done a lot of great research, and I hope that some day they can turn more of it into products. Alas, from reading the pub directory at llvm.org, for example, I get the impression that when something similar to Bartok & Singularity become products for real users they're going to come from elsewhere.

Time will tell, though.

I do love my Kinect.

Nothing new. Some people get very excited about anything that might somehow be construed as negative about Apple.

After all, we need to nip it in the bud before even a seemingly innocent comment can set the precedent that Apple criticism is acceptable.