Scientists from Microsoft labs all around the world gathered at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington for Microsoft Research TechFest 2007, the company’s annual showcase of research projects. The three-day TechFest event is aimed at sharing accomplishments and challenges between Microsoft’s international industry leaders. "It's a blast. I learn a tremendous amount about what my counterparts are up to," said Roy Levin, director of the software firm's lab in Silicon Valley in Northern California. At TechFest 2007, researchers and product teams put together more than 100 innovations all aimed to advance the frontiers of computing for the industry and customers.
Microsoft Research has grown to include about 750 scientists and the ranks are expected to grow to 800 by June, according to Microsoft Research Senior Vice President Rick Rashid. Speaking today at TechFest before an audience of customers, industry and government leaders and independent software vendors, he announced: "We do research in just about everything. Our goal is to change the world and to change the technologies that make the world a better place. TechFest is one-stop shopping to see and experience the breadth of software innovations we’re pursuing that will allow people to explore their interests more deeply and share the things they care about more easily.”
View: More Than 100 Innovations for Future of Computing
News source: Physorg
Microsoft Research has grown to include about 750 scientists and the ranks are expected to grow to 800 by June, according to Microsoft Research Senior Vice President Rick Rashid. Speaking today at TechFest before an audience of customers, industry and government leaders and independent software vendors, he announced: "We do research in just about everything. Our goal is to change the world and to change the technologies that make the world a better place. TechFest is one-stop shopping to see and experience the breadth of software innovations we’re pursuing that will allow people to explore their interests more deeply and share the things they care about more easily.”
View: More Than 100 Innovations for Future of Computing News source: Physorg
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Yes, they need to get their priorities right. There are still a lot of flaws in Vista which need fixing.
Yes, they need to get their priorities right. There are still a lot of flaws in Vista which need fixing.
You guys realize that MS is a HUGE company and not everyone works on windows... its not like one day they say ok lets code windows then the next say ok windows devs go work on this now instead... they have teams dedicated to each task... heck its like the graphics end of it... the graphics designers dont work on the shell so when people screamed stop spending time on the UI, well then what will the graphics people do? they dont really code... they draw...
Considering that Windows has over 80% market share that's probably what they mean by "change the world".
I think they mean "change the world for the better"... not the worse. Just because a product has the majority of market share, doesn't make it good... just popular. McDonald's has the majority of market share in my city, but I can point you in the direction of restaurant that servers up a much better cheeseburger.
Considering that Windows has over 80% market share that's probably what they mean by "change the world".
You meant almost 90% of world market share dont you? and belive me its more closer to 90 than 80 percent
And i agree MS (want it or not) is a great source of innovation around the world
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