I'm sorry, but "I am proud to say that the end result was the world’s first operating system that is nearly 100% IPv6 compatible (with only a couple unavoidable exceptions), and able to run on a network that has absolutely no IPv4 service." is not exactly innovation. Yes, it is something that they did not have before, but is certainly not a new idea. But beating say BSD at thoroughness, I am not so sure.
And I would like to see citations for that being the first such effort--didn't Open BSD and possibly others have that way back?
But when you are deep within the belly of the beast it can be hard to get a perspective on what is truly happening elsewhere.
When I hear innovation, I think of the C compiler company that MS bought (lattice), the invention of C# after market pressure generated by the innovative invention of Java, buying their first OS, hiring Cutler to do NT after he had done three (and later paying $60 million USD to settle intellectual property issues), and in repeated scenarios being behind the pack on the Internet.
And I would like to see citations for that being the first such effort--didn't Open BSD and possibly others have that way back?
But when you are deep within the belly of the beast it can be hard to get a perspective on what is truly happening elsewhere.
When I hear innovation, I think of the C compiler company that MS bought (lattice), the invention of C# after market pressure generated by the innovative invention of Java, buying their first OS, hiring Cutler to do NT after he had done three (and later paying $60 million USD to settle intellectual property issues), and in repeated scenarios being behind the pack on the Internet.