Google, Microsoft, Sun to Fund New Internet Lab

Posted by Zonk on Thursday December 15, 2005 @03:10AM from the it's-totally-rad dept.

brajesh writes "Yahoo! News has an AP story about Google, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems coming together to back a new Internet research laboratory aimed at helping entrepreneurs introduce more groundbreaking ideas to a mass audience. The Reliable, Adaptive and Distributed Systems or RAD lab is scheduled to open Thursday and will dole out $1.5 million annually over five years, with each company contributing equally. From the article : 'Conceivably, the lab's services could help launch another revolutionary company like online auctioneer eBay Inc. or even Google, which has emerged as one of the world's most valuable companies just seven years after its inception in a Silicon Valley garage.'"

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Their logo by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-15 03:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

Where do you want to not be evil today? On the SUN!
MS? Sun? by grasshoppa · 2005-12-15 03:31 · Score: 1, Redundant

Sorry, I'm not seeing it. As near as I can tell, this is a "cheap" way to kill threats in the cradle and steal new ideas.

Call me cynical, but look at the history of these companies before you do it.

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