[Am-info] MS and Innovation (_Wired_)

[Dan Strychalski]

Jean-Louis Gassee, Ed Black, Tim O'Reilly, and others on the subject of
Microsoft and innovation....

   [...]
   "I'd love to see their list ... of where they think they've made major
   innovations," Black said. "I've never seen one that was very real or
   persuasive."

   Asked for such a list, Microsoft first responded with a short email. 
   "We were able to find examples of strong evidence of Microsoft's
   innovation over the last 5-10 years ... our work on the GUI, 32-bit OS,
   XML, etc., are examples."

   Pressed for more specifics, the company provided a list that was largely
   a compendium of little-known improvements to existing technologies.
   [...]
                              --Chris Oakes, "MS: Innovator or Integrator?"
                       http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,36902,00.html

A few more mind-bogglers from Cecil B. deGates in there, too.

Dan Strychalski