Filipinos, an ethical question for you, would you consider it an insult or a great form of flattery?

...if someone or group decided to imitage or otherwise replicate an idea, persona, belief or actions that you orginated. A real-life example would be Microsoft "inventing" Windows, which most yst believe was an off-shoot of the original Apple iMac interface? As you know, Microsoft has taken that idea and successully ran with it all the way to the bank, creating their own niches in the IT industry.