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Microsoft seems to be perfectly successful to me, no? R&D, by virtue of being R&D, rarely makes it to the market in a recognizable form. My guess is that the l
by ethanbond 11y ago
Microsoft seems to be perfectly successful to me, no?
R&D, by virtue of being R&D, rarely makes it to the market in a recognizable form. My guess is that the lessons learned there certainly have been applied to their real profit centers.
- Someone1234 11y agoPlus their massive patent portfolio has definitely paid off in various ways. PS - I don't personally like software patents, but you cannot deny they make money for research-based organisations.
- frandroid 11y agoThe patent portfolio is a good point, I'll concede that.
- frandroid 11y ago> it's not like like don't succeed on those products I acknowledged that they are successful. But they aren't successful in creating new markets; they succeed in invading existing ones.