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MS Research is the only part of the company that actually does anything truly innovative. Oh well...

by peterkelly 12y ago

Avalaxy 12y ago
Like... inventing basically everything that Apple copies months/years later?
- _random_ 12y ago
  This is the wrong place to speak the truth :). Let me share your down-votes with you.
peterkelly 12y ago
I understand the downvotes as a knee-jerk reaction, but the thing to understand here is that MS research is largely separate from the product development side. Spend some time having a look at some of their publications and you'll see what i mean. Examples - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/barrelfish/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/barrelfish/ - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/fsharp/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/fsharp/
- majorsc2noob 12y ago
  You do know that fsharp is a pretty big deal for Microsoft and is shipped as part of Visual Studio, one of their biggest products, right?
  - Someone1234 12y ago
    I don't understand why you and the other person are trying to "correct" them? I thought their point was obvious: MS Research innovates, and then links examples (including F# which goes on to be a successful product as you pointed out). F# being in full production doesn't disprove what they said, it further proves it. PS - I disagree with the person above's proposition that MS Research is the "only" innovate branch of Microsoft. I am just posting to get clarification on what you and the other poster are getting at.
- Locke1689 12y ago
  F# is not an MSR project anymore.
- Someone1234 12y ago
  Special mention for this one also: https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/ https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/ Unfortunately it never went anywhere (VERY unfortunately). Also this one more recently: https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/drawbridge/ https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/drawbridge/ Which might wind up being Microsoft's answer to Docker-like containers.
  - amaks 12y ago
    Singularity has evolved into Midori project but to the latest rumor it was cancelled and the team disbanded.
angersock 12y ago
Yeah, they don't do anything like make innovative wordpad applications for tablets.

MS Research is the only part of the company that actually does anything truly innovative. Oh well...

Avalaxy 12y ago

Like... inventing basically everything that Apple copies months/years later?

_random_ 12y ago
This is the wrong place to speak the truth :). Let me share your down-votes with you.

peterkelly 12y ago

I understand the downvotes as a knee-jerk reaction, but the thing to understand here is that MS research is largely separate from the product development side. Spend some time having a look at some of their publications and you'll see what i mean. Examples - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/barrelfish/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/barrelfish/ - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/fsharp/ http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/fsharp/

majorsc2noob 12y ago
You do know that fsharp is a pretty big deal for Microsoft and is shipped as part of Visual Studio, one of their biggest products, right?
- Someone1234 12y ago
  I don't understand why you and the other person are trying to "correct" them? I thought their point was obvious: MS Research innovates, and then links examples (including F# which goes on to be a successful product as you pointed out). F# being in full production doesn't disprove what they said, it further proves it. PS - I disagree with the person above's proposition that MS Research is the "only" innovate branch of Microsoft. I am just posting to get clarification on what you and the other poster are getting at.
Locke1689 12y ago
F# is not an MSR project anymore.
Someone1234 12y ago
Special mention for this one also: https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/ https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/ Unfortunately it never went anywhere (VERY unfortunately). Also this one more recently: https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/drawbridge/ https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/drawbridge/ Which might wind up being Microsoft's answer to Docker-like containers.
- amaks 12y ago
  Singularity has evolved into Midori project but to the latest rumor it was cancelled and the team disbanded.

angersock 12y ago

Yeah, they don't do anything like make innovative wordpad applications for tablets.