Dashboard / Konfabulator

Seems the developers of Konfabulator arnt too happy about Dashboard which was previewed at WWDC and will be included in the next release of OS X.

I dont get it, why are they chucking a shit? I guess its because it does seem similar to their idea and it may look like apple has just ripped it off without giving them any credit – but who cares?

Its called COMPETITION people, its what drives new ideas and challenges us to do better. The developers of Konfabulator have a much more mature product and its already got A LOT of widgets available for it, so why dont they use that to their advantage and take it to the next level before Tiger comes out?

Im sure there are lots of features they could add to it to make it even better.

I dont understand the legal side of this, im guessing there isnt much that can be done and i havnt heard of any patent on ‘widget’ or anything (not that ive looked). If developers want to cover their butts – im sure there are ways to do it, but in the end is it really worth it?

Personally id take it as a huge compliment and move on. Thats it.

Note to Apple – feel free to rip off my ideas

Inspired by this news item on macnn.com