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Yes, but both of those are (I believe) technologies developed outside of Microsoft that were then purchased. While Google and Apple do also purchase technologi
by brk 16y ago
Yes, but both of those are (I believe) technologies developed outside of Microsoft that were then purchased.
While Google and Apple do also purchase technologies, they seem to produce more interesting in-house products than Microsoft. At least in my perception.
I can't recall the last time that Microsoft actually developed internally and rolled out a significant "game changer" device or software.
- krschultz 16y agoYour perception of Microsoft may be correct, but it alsao applied to the others. Apple didn't invent multi-touch either. Google didn't do Android inhouse it was an acquisition (at least at first).
- brk 16y agoNo, but I would credit Apple with "inventing" the iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air. Even though all of those products likely have core pieces that were from acquisitions, it seems like Apple executed the grand vision of bringing it together. Same thing with Google, though they appear to buy several things that they don't fully roll out (Dodgeball, etc.). Android may have originally been an acquisition, again it feels like Google made it into a finished product far beyond what they acquired. Microsoft appears to have bought the Kinect technology/product and done little more than change the logo on the device. The surface table also hasn't been productized into anything revolutionary or different.