obviously few people have actually read anything about what is going on with the whole screenshot "debacle". MS claims, which makes perfect sense if you have any idea about the patent system, is that in the 5048 build there are parts of the OS they are still applying patents for. to cover their butt legally, they can't have anyone post screenshots that show off what they're working on. MS is a large corporation and the larger the company, usually, the longer it takes for patents to be passed. whereas a small company/single person could make something derivitive and get it passed through faster since they have less legal issues to deal with since they are more than likely not a world company. everyone wants to go after MS, for whatever reason, and they are just trying to cover their collective bases.
think of this as the car industry does. long before any photos are shown of the new car models, they drive test their machines with car-"bras" hiding everything cosmetic, except for the body shape. if any of you have seen any of the field tests, speed tests, etc. that car makers do, then you would know what I might be referring to. unfortunately I don't have any photos to link to that show what I'm talking about.
keeping screenshots off of the web isn't hurting anyone.
I just find it funny that alot of people (mostly on neoweenie) that judge an entire new OS based on it's GUI, which has yet to be finalized. sort've like judging a skin by it's screenshot and not using it. or we could always use the old stand-by line of "don't judge a book by it's cover."
