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Re:A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious by nirvana on Sunday August 26, 2012 @08:05PM (#4436750)
Right, given the flammability of wood, fire was an obvious next step.

This is nonsense. It is just rejecting innovation out of hand by claiming that it was obvious.

Post Hoc ergo Propter Hoc fallacy.

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Re:A device with a touchscreen and few buttons was obvious by qu4z-2 on Monday August 27, 2012 @12:31AM (#4437446)
Perhaps it wasn't obvious, but clearly it was obvious enough that MS came up with it too.
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