Microsoft has always been accused of following the pack rather than innovating. So it’s no surprise that early screenshots of the Windows 8 copy dialogue seem to be a direct rip-off of the KDE 4 copy dialogue, from the ‘multiple copy operations in single dialogue’ visual aspect:
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to the bandwidth usage graphs:
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The look may not be exactly the same, however the idea is spot on. As they say, copying is the sincerest form of flattery.
I’ve heard the same talk when Windows 7 was about to be released (I even remember a video of some journalist showing KDE to random people on street and asking them how the new Windows 7 looks and all were amazed by it:P). And this is what got me to try Linux in the first place. I said to myself I really need to try this and see how it is. Well I had some problems initially but finally managed to install openUSES with latest KDE and started playing with it ans I also liked it. When Windows 7 came out I installed it besindes Linux on computer and I could directly see how many things they copied from KDE. And it was all more nicely done in KDE. Nowdays I only use Windows for games and spend most of the time in Linux. And I’m not even surprised that Microsoft is copying from KDE again. I probably will not even upgrade to Window 8 when it comes out. Why waste money if you can get better (original) thing for free.