Microsoft article

An interesting article about the problem with Microsoft:

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/29/the-problem-with-microsoft/

It is an interesting subject, that multi billion dollar research budget - they often are years ahead on prototypes for example with tablet computing. Some successes for sure like Kinect, but constant failure in media, mobile, and amusingly the best tablet device they made was a stock control checker for warehouses (there is an app for that?)

But as with any company that size the politics dominate the deliverables. So power struggles and internal wrangling ends up sapping most of their creative direction and energy.

The shareholders would not put up this forever in any sane market economy.