Let's deconstruct Microsoft's response that "..."innovation at scale, not just innovation at speed," and that "it is not sufficient to simply have a good idea, or a great idea, or even a cool idea."
In other words, let's appropriate the ideas of others by acquisition or assimilation once they are mature and ready for broad application within the Windows/Office monopoly.
Sorry, but that doesn't sound like a true system for innovation to me. Which is fine. After all, the big contribution of MS to the growth of the tech market was to convince businesses and consumers to pay exorbitant fees for software.
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Let's deconstruct Microsoft's response that "..."innovation at scale, not just innovation at speed," and that "it is not sufficient to simply have a good idea, or a great idea, or even a cool idea."
In other words, let's appropriate the ideas of others by acquisition or assimilation once they are mature and ready for broad application within the Windows/Office monopoly.
Sorry, but that doesn't sound like a true system for innovation to me. Which is fine. After all, the big contribution of MS to the growth of the tech market was to convince businesses and consumers to pay exorbitant fees for software.
@Ariel Bender
Yeah... but that's what everyone else does.