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Windows 7 is based on Mac OS X? (Or, "I'm Mac and Windows 7 was my idea.")

Steve Chazin Former Apple executive · Princeton EE · 11 Nov 2009

Too funny. Poor Microsoft partner guy who didn't go to media training. Read on.

UPDATE: November 12:

Hmmm. I didn't think it would take too long until this happened. Question is, who do you think at Microsoft is telling the truth?

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