It's so those people who can do research, the goal of which is not necessarily producing "output" in the form of products (what I assume GP was referring to), b

It's so those people who can do research, the goal of which is not necessarily producing "output" in the form of products (what I assume GP was referring to), but to experiment with new ideas and learn lessons that can subsequently be applied to new products. Microsoft's research division is one of the best in the industry: http://research.microsoft.com http://research.microsoft.com