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Re:Windows 8 Pro Upgrade to cost $39.99 by masterful on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @09:00AM (#4193841)
I'm not sure either lifted it from the other. The concept was around with third-party apps for XP and built into Vista, but it's a feature that's gotten so ubiquitous (spotlight, unity dash, windows search) that it's difficult to say who came up with it first, if anyone did.
Re:Windows 8 Pro Upgrade to cost $39.99 by shrikant on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @10:29AM (#4194209)
Ah right, the likes of Launchy and Quicksilver.

My only OS-level experience with such a feature was in the Unity Dash, so had totally forgotten about those tools!