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Inside the Labs At HP, Microsoft and IBM

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the not-the-retriever-kind dept.

alphadogg writes "At Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, investment in research and development is a reflection of corporate culture. This three-part piece by the IDG News Service examines the different approaches taken by each of these influential tech companies. Hewlett-Packard prides itself on its pragmatism, while Microsoft holds the flag of basic research aloft — and IBM continues to file more patent applications, year after year, than any other tech company."

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  1. Re:Hmmm... by TemporalBeing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Microsoft: all about being eX-Professionals.

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  2. Stopped reading at this quote by MasterOfGoingFaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    From TFA:
    " IBM can lay claim to not only inventing the personal computer..."

    I guess the writer thinks Steve Jobs invented the telephone, too.

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