You can see Microsoft Research's contribution to shipping products at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/about/techtransfer/product-development-contributions-2

You can see Microsoft Research's contribution to shipping products at http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/about/techtransfer/product-development-contributions-2011.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/about/techtransfer/produ.... You will be surprised how much stuff has came out of MSR.