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Published 9 years ago by caelreth with 4 Comments

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  • newuser
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    Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

    What makes me wonder though is why Microsoft, a huge tech company, focuses on competing by leveraging patents instead of of focusing on innovation. Do they think this is a viable business model? Are they content to be a non-competitor, instead being a leech in the tech innovation space?

    • caelreth
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      Yeah - hard to believe that with that many employees they can't come up with some original ideas.

      • newuser (edited 9 years ago)
        +2

        If their hiring process are as difficult as "legend" says :), then this is probably a management problem. They might be focusing on the wrong thing, forcing people to work on products that are dead on the water.

        With the r&d capabilities of Microsoft, it'd be great to see them work on something more than their stale OS or their done-to-death office products. Though, in a perverse way, it's a good thing they're not innovating. Imagine how much they could damage the tech-ecosystem with their caustic philosophy which famously spawned the "embrace-extend-extinguish" mantra.

        • caelreth
          +2

          ...with their "embrace-extend-extinguish" mantra

          Thanks! That made me laugh out loud :)

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