I get the feeling the R&D budget at Apple is just the salary and benefits of the Vice Presidents, who have final word (and often first) on their products - Scot

I get the feeling the R&D budget at Apple is just the salary and benefits of the Vice Presidents, who have final word (and often first) on their products - Scott Forstall (iOS), Jonathan Ive (hardware design) and Phil Schiller (marketing/Mac).