Looks like they are copying Notion.
A lot of things have changed at Microsoft under Satya Nadella. One thing that hasn't changed is their inability to create anything original.
A lot of things have changed at Microsoft under Satya Nadella. One thing that hasn't changed is their inability to create anything original.
Short form video is probably the shining example of this. TikTok was first to make the innovation (technically Vine), and then everyone copied them verbatim from there (Reels, YT Shorts, Whatver the hell FB is doing, Twitter). Sometimes this copying has a positive effect like when Twitter copied Clubhouse with Spaces, but often times it just ends up being half assed versions of the thing that was initially popular/innovative.
But to me the clear advantage is having malleable systems & protocols. It's the ability for folks to try different things, to change the products or make new products that interoperate.
Being dependent on so few to provide all the "innovation" & leaving everyone else as consumer to that provided "innovation" feels like a broken system.
I use and enjoy my microsoft stack (F#, Github, Azure, etc) but they definitely aren't "original".
It's like they built a nice large city where it's pleasant to live, but lacks the charm of a more intimate town.
Atom is a slow ass editor that was copied from Sublime Text but also failed to fix its own shit which was the reason it died.
C'mon, Electron was literally built for atom. They took the literally framework atom was running on and built a me-too editor
You kind of say the reason in your own comment. An official linux environment in an entirely different platform based on NT is definitely a fresh concept.
In my opinion this is what I consider novel.
Is every FPS a Doom clone?
Every wiki a wikimedia copy?
Every browser a copy of Mosiac?
Initially browsers were, in fact, copies of Mosaic, but over time they've branched out somewhat.
This seems note-for-note to be a copy of Notion, not just conceptually. It's a product designed so a sales team can tell customers: you can cancel your Notion contract and just add this low-cost option to your existing Office 365 subscription!