They are very different companies culturally -- attract different kinds of people. MS is better in business, Google better in tech. In MS you would have to figh

They are very different companies culturally -- attract different kinds of people. MS is better in business, Google better in tech. In MS you would have to fight for the permission or space to make something better if its already bringing in enterprise money, where 'making better' could mean well known bugs with possibly easy fixes. At Google it used to be ok to make something better to scratch one's itch, or just because it really ought to be better.