Common folks, get over it already! This isn't the first time that a competing product has shown up on the market from a big company. This is the nature of business and the nature of software. Just look around versiontracker and you will see that 90% of the software is essentially a rip-off os someone else's original idea.
Konfabulator will only be put out of business if they cannot meet the challenge to produce a better product at a realistic price point.
And so it goes...
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I agree with the bulk of your statement, however, one small clarification: Apple _did not_ rip off Konfabulator. In fact, it was the other way around -- the idea of small applets (AKA "widgets") running concurrently with bigger apps and the OS was first implemented as "Desk Accessories" on the original Mac in 1984. See: http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/dashboard_vs_konfabulatorReply to This
Tuesday, November 30 2004 @ 04:17 PM PST