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Microsoft Accused of Squandering Billions On R&D
Julie188 writes "Even as Microsoft celebrates its 10,000th patent, angry shareholders are starting to speak out against what they say is the squandering of billions of dollars on pointless R&D projects. The 10,000th patent covers a technology that allows a device to associate data with objects placed on its surface, and is likely eventually to become part of the Surface table PC. But shareholders are fed up with the $8 billion annually spent. Said one, 'I believe Bill Gates is a charlatan because what he has said, implied, promised to shareholders and stakeholders and all of these visionary things that he mumbles and jumbles about and doesn't make reality of. MS is spending billions of dollars on R&D. Where is the return on investment?' In contrast, Apple had almost the same revenue gains as Microsoft while spending one-tenth as much."
Mmm... Flamebait / Troll. So fresh, so original, so innovative. We need more like you.
Mmm... Insults / Modifying posts. SO fresh, so original, so innovative. We need more like me.
Wow, I didn't know you could troll so obviously. I mean, the PS3 may be winning in some markets, but neither is really a clear victor. I wouldn't proclaim others to be mentally inferior when both opinions are correct.
hmmmm...this gives me an idea.
IS THIS REALITY?
(ok, you know what to do next!)
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Indeed... KDawson being the source, the implication may well be, that it ought to be the government that should drive "innovation". Except, uh-oh, Bill Gates is already advising politicians too. Nobel Prize can't be far away...
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
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