It's interesting that the big tech sumo-wrestlers seem content to outsource R&D and then stomp in with huge buy-out sums when something great surfaces. Apple w

It's interesting that the big tech sumo-wrestlers seem content to outsource R&D and then stomp in with huge buy-out sums when something great surfaces. Apple with its billions apparently isn't interested in exploring disparate R&D projects beyond their core interests. Microsoft apparently is and isn't having much luck. Google used to but not so much anymore, and is producing glasses. Facebook is voraciously subsuming R&D and design talent.</stereotypes> Does seem like they mainly would prefer to pay an exorbitant fee for the gold nuggets, rather than fund all the failures in-house.