Microsoft Trumps Google, Yahoo! R&D Budgets

Rob writes to mention a Computer Business Review Online article on Microsoft's commitment to out-spend Google and Yahoo! on innovation in the coming year. From the article: "Microsoft Corp will spend over $1bn on R&D just in its MSN unit, for the fiscal year starting in July, chief executive Steve Ballmer told an audience of would-be advertising customers. The money, part of the surprise spending package that recently gave Microsoft's share price its biggest single-day drop in five years, comes as the company struggles to catch up to Yahoo! Inc and Google Inc in the search and online advertising market."

Comments

What about that other big $$$ project?

[RevDobbs]

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothin comes out when they move they lips
Just a buncha gibberish
And muthafuckas act like they forgot about Vista

Outspend... on innovation...

[Colin Smith]

So who're they going to buy to get their innovation from then?

Rushes to set up a company "CS Innovation Ltd". A mere snip at $20 million.

Yes, the cat got my tongue...

[Savage-Rabbit]

Microsoft Corp will spend over $1bn on R&D just in its MSN unit, for the fiscal year starting in July...

That is an impressive figure to be sure but I still think it isn't enough to acheve world domination, why MS can't even develop a sealth fighter for that price let alone a whole fleet of Borg cubes fully armed, warp capable and sporting a giant Windows logo on each side.

Re:ROI?

[tomhudson]

Poster wrote:

This is just another organization that believes that if they throw enough money at a problem it will fix anything.

Balmer believes if he throws enough chairs at a problem it will fix anything.

Microsoft Corp will spend over $1bn on R&D just in its MSN unit

That's a lot of chairs ... anyone buying stock in office furniture supply companies?

Re:from the

[TheJediGeek]

Is that the problem or the money that goes away?

Yes.