[abrookewood]

It's more a case of someone on HN reminding everyone that Apple didn't really 'revolutionise' the keyboard and that everything old is new again. Lenovo did this (adaptive keyboard strip) when they replaced the function keys on the X1 Carbon with something similar to what Apple are doing now. FWIW I absolutely hated it. Edit: Added lenovo.

[ethbro]

Mods edited it. I think the date is key. This isn't MS speaking to Apple, just HN reminding us how science gets done.

[bdcravens]

I also suspect it's drive-by commenting, drawing conclusions based solely on the article title and personal bias.