>> On the other hand, they make excellent mice. The mouse wheel and
>> the new optical mice are truly innovative and Microsoft should be
>> commended for them.
>>
>The wheel was a nifty idea, but I've seen workstations 15 years old with
>optical mice. It wasn't MS's idea.
Abstracting the graphics API from the hardware wasn't M$ idea,
either. But they succeeded where Amiga failed. Having an idea is 99%
of the innovation and 1% of the success.
Regards
Henning
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