Microsoft: Asia will lead global innovation
 
“Microsoft Research (MSR), the company's basic research arm, lies at the heart of Microsoft's Asian R&D efforts. MSR has two labs in Asia, one in Bangalore, India, and another in Beijing. ” Read the full article at: http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/18/HNasiawilllead_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/18/HNasiawilllead_1.html Now this is news. I didn’t know MS had an R&D department. I thought it was a C&R department, Copy (Apple) and Reverse-Engineer. Of course, some might consider Apple Computer as Microsoft’s R&D department. Does this article mean they will be doing more copying in Asia and less copying of Apple? ...I doubt it. Really, what would MS do without Apple? Oh! Come on! PC users, we know you love it. The question is, do you know you love it? Apparently, PC users have been loving it ever since Microsoft released a “look-and-feel” copy of the Mac-based Excel program in PC format for use with the first version of the now infamous Windows OS GUI, which, by the way, was developed by disgruntled ex-Apple employees. Read “Revival of the Look-and-Feel lawsuit” at: http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2003/12/the_revival_of_the_lookandfeel.html http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/18/HNasiawilllead_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/18/HNasiawilllead_1.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp.http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2003/12/the_revival_of_the_lookandfeel.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2
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