[econgeeker]

Right, you can't argue the facts so just be disparaging. The Microsoft Surface came out in 2008, not "years" before Apple showed the iPhone.

You're absolutely uninformed about even the basic facts or timeline, yet you're happy to make broad assertions and engage in attacks to the person. Well, where I come from, that means you lost buddy, and I have no further need to rebut you.

Have a nice day!

[hn_decay]

"The Microsoft Surface came out in 2008"

Surface was unveiled in 2007, with the final hardware design being completed two years prior. The project itself started based upon, humorously, Minority Report.

"Well, where I come from, that means you lost buddy, and I have no further need to rebut you."

Yeah you've said that a couple of times now. Kind of funny, really.

[Steko]

Figerworks patents: 1999 to 2005. Keep citing MS Surface like it's relevant.

[kenjackson]

Multitouch has been around long before 1999.

http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html

[rimantas]

iPhone was introduced in 2007. According to Jobs it took 2.5 years to develop.