And besides, they just closed the venerable Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, so it's not that they are putting their money where their mouth is. That was alm

And besides, they just closed the venerable Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, so it's not that they are putting their money where their mouth is. That was almost 2 years ago and it doesn't seem like it had much of an impact on their R&D spending http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Google+vs+Apple+vs+Microsoft+R%26D+Expense&x=0&y=0 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Google+vs+Apple+vs+Micr...