49
zSo,
how much of Microsoft’s $7B in R&D (>15%
of revenues) is “research”?
yMicrosoft
Research – the part of Microsoft’s R&D enterprise
that’s looking more than 18 months ahead – is about 700
heads, <5% of this total
yThis
is extraordinary by the standards of other companies
… but don’t confuse Microsoft’s R&D expenditures
– much less the rest of the industry’s R&D expenditures – with
an investment in fundamental research!