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This is nonsense and a bit childish but if you want to compare, here are some things that Microsoft had before Apple:

1. A journaling filesystem

2. Protected memory

3. Preemptive multitasking

4. Access control

5. Intel chips

6. Tablet computers

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Well, I never pretended to say that Microsoft has just one source of inspiration. But even admitting* that Microsoft got those before, they were not the pioneers either.

* I say that because Mac OS classic was not the only operating system Apple developed. They had their A/UX operating system from 1988 to 1995 where things like protected memory, preemptive multitasking and the usual stuff from a Unix system of the time were present.

Then what was exactly the point of your post? People pointed out Microsoft did everything you listed in your OP before Apple, including a SoC - Apple and Microsoft both aren't pioneers in your definition.

Yes, we know Microsoft "invented" the iPhone 15 years before Apple did... but here we're talking about real things. No vaporware. It's a joke to say Microsoft invented the smartphone as we know it today. Otherwise, we may as well say that Microsoft invented the most advanced file system in the world before nobody else (and for many years to come), WinFs... despite it does exist only in some engineers' minds.

7. smartphones

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