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lenni on July 8, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amid layoffs, Microsofties reveal further turmoil ...

I think they will go the way of IBM: Relevant and profitable but not the all-encompassing mega-monopolist.

rbanffy on July 8, 2010 [–]

Microsoft has to mature a lot to become an IBM.

Check what IBM's basic research did and compare it with what Microsoft Research outputs.

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