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I just can't ever see Microsoft shipping something like this available to every user. This sort of quiet progress is why I like Apple. Sure they highlight the g

I just can't ever see Microsoft shipping something like this available to every user. This sort of quiet progress is why I like Apple. Sure they highlight the glossy stuff, but below the surface there's so much blood and guts progress.

ashish01 15y ago
Actually MS SQL Server does ship with a set of data mining algorithms for some time now http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175595.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175595.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175382.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175382.aspx
- contextfree 15y ago
  afaik these are only in the paid versions.
johnconroy 15y ago
Yeah I dispute this statement. i think MS release plenty of good services & research for public consumption, though off hand I can't point at any. *edit http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/cs/web-ngram.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/cs/w... http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/wikibhasha/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/wikibhasha/
jules 15y ago
While Microsoft may not be shipping a LSM program to every user, they are doing a ton of scientific research, much more than Apple. For example googling "latent semantic analysis microsoft research" turns up several research papers on the topic by Microsoft. They do cutting edge research comparable to a good university on a large number of topics like programming language design, compilers, machine learning, distributed computing, graphics, automated theorem proving etc.
- spitfire 15y ago
  Microsoft research does some amazing things. But like Xerox PARC they never seem to ship anything. Except for the kinect, that's been a reasonable success.
pnathan 15y ago
No, MS doesn't ship this stuff with Windows. But MS Research has some heavyweight chops on board, and IMO is an excellent institution.

ashish01 15y ago

Actually MS SQL Server does ship with a set of data mining algorithms for some time now http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175595.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175595.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175382.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175382.aspx

contextfree 15y ago
afaik these are only in the paid versions.

johnconroy 15y ago

Yeah I dispute this statement. i think MS release plenty of good services & research for public consumption, though off hand I can't point at any. *edit http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/cs/web-ngram.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/cs/w... http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/wikibhasha/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/wikibhasha/

jules 15y ago

While Microsoft may not be shipping a LSM program to every user, they are doing a ton of scientific research, much more than Apple. For example googling "latent semantic analysis microsoft research" turns up several research papers on the topic by Microsoft. They do cutting edge research comparable to a good university on a large number of topics like programming language design, compilers, machine learning, distributed computing, graphics, automated theorem proving etc.

spitfire 15y ago
Microsoft research does some amazing things. But like Xerox PARC they never seem to ship anything. Except for the kinect, that's been a reasonable success.

pnathan 15y ago

No, MS doesn't ship this stuff with Windows. But MS Research has some heavyweight chops on board, and IMO is an excellent institution.