Simplicity isn't a theme you can apply, it's a philosophy. Simplicity, like "minimalism", is thrown around a lot, but it starts at the core and extends outwords. It is not a re skinning.
Apple.com is simple. Google.com is simple. Microsoft.com pretends to be simple. Clearly, most of you are fooled way too easily.
To its own detriment, I find. I can never quite locate the information I'm looking for without a lot of searching, and sometimes even Google's help.
Clearly you are fooled into thinking you have anything interesting or insightful to say about web design.
>If you want proof that Microsoft is fake, just look at their images. Their using stock images.
So you want them to spend thousands of $$$$$ for a header images than use a stock which conveys the same meaning? And if you are thinking stock images are cheap, pay Gettyimages.com a visit sometime.
Btw do you have any proof it is even stock? I did a Tineye search on both the header images and the results din't return anything.
http://www.tineye.com/search/368891c7340390b1cec2afe6f1a2cfd...
http://www.tineye.com/search/31156cf0b5b5a963d44e85690689bdf...
Stop trolling and make your time online useful.