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scholia on Aug 23, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 mo...

As a matter of fact, the development of the Surface software started before the iPad came out...

leetrout on Aug 24, 2013 [–]

Citation requested.

Are you referring to PixelSense?

scholia on Aug 24, 2013 | [–]

No, PixelSense had nothing to do with it.

http://uxweek.com/2012/speakers/jensen-harris/

The antecedents to the Metro design were in Zune HD and the Zune desktop client, among other things.

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