The consensus position seems to be that they should accept MS' apology and move forward with their world-domination plans with their obviously desirable UI rather than moaning about some vague notion of damage done to them for the brief time that MS had a clone of their UI up.
They either need to sue MS if they really think they've been aggrieved or get over it.
Moaning on their blog accomplishes absolutely nothing positive and has started to lose them sympathy.
See the series which ran on steveblank.com about a competitor stealing their IP which was prominently featured here as an example about how to use adversity in a constructive manner.
Dwelling on adversity with a "woe is me" attitude is fundamentally antithetical to the entrepreneur/startup mentality as evidenced by the hostility they're starting to encounter in these comments.
They either need to sue MS if they really think they've been aggrieved or get over it.
Moaning on their blog accomplishes absolutely nothing positive and has started to lose them sympathy.
See the series which ran on steveblank.com about a competitor stealing their IP which was prominently featured here as an example about how to use adversity in a constructive manner.
part1: http://steveblank.com/2009/12/03/someone-stole-my-startup-id...
part2: http://steveblank.com/2009/12/07/someone-stole-my-startup-id...
part3: http://steveblank.com/2009/12/10/someone-stole-my-startup-id...
Dwelling on adversity with a "woe is me" attitude is fundamentally antithetical to the entrepreneur/startup mentality as evidenced by the hostility they're starting to encounter in these comments.