Longhorn and Tiger: Who's copying whom?

MS-Watch | at | by Mike

Now that Apple has previewed publicly its "Tiger" Mac OS X 10.4 release, everyone's raring to pit Tiger against "Longhorn." And there's plenty of fodder for a grudge match. Both Apple and Microsoft are set to showcase new search systems, built-in RSS readers, new scripting shells and 64-bit support in their next-gen operating systems.

But instead of focusing on features and functionality, many operating system (OS) aficionados - from Apple CEO Jobs on down - are dwelling on the no-win contest regarding who's the biggest copy cat.