PPT Slide
- Today, the “IT pie” is far larger
- And the industry’s investment in R&D is far greater (all technology companies do R&D)
- But of the newer companies – the ones that have grown the pie – Microsoft stands almost alone in its investment in fundamental research
- Dell? Compaq? Oracle? Cisco? Nada!
- Microsoft began this investment in 1991 – when it was a far-from-dominant $1B company – Microsoft (particularly Gates and Myhrvold) should receive enormous credit for taking this step