Back in the 2000s, Microsoft wasn't wasting their desktop money on harebrained schemes like porting Windows to touchscreen mobile devices (or rather, it wasn't

Back in the 2000s, Microsoft wasn't wasting their desktop money on harebrained schemes like porting Windows to touchscreen mobile devices (or rather, it wasn't a huge priority), and then Android ate their lunch. Firefox spending money on harebrained schemes like FirefoxOS is a good thing (even if it failed), it's how you find black swans that everyone has to copy from you. Otherwise you're always playing catch-up.