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To: shane forbes who wrote (7668)	11/23/1997 9:46:00 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 10836

Shane, Really interesting article about Microsoft Labs. I think it is great for Microsoft -- as they have long suffered from a failure to innovate. Perhaps it will, over a period of time, cure this illness. The Bell Labs of 70s was a truly great organization. I think it would be great to have another one.

To: shane forbes who wrote (7668)	11/23/1997 3:18:00 PM
From: David R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Thanks Shane. I guess I need to qualify my statement. I was referring to the world that I am most familiar with, the engineers. If you look at MS in the late 80's and early 90's they were a top draw for SW engineers from the leading universities. These days, MS is an IBM (as evidenced by their research labs), and not necessarily a cool place to work. Young aggressive upstarts are where the real action and opportunity is. Not that MS does not and will not have top talent. As for basic researchers, I am impressed with MS' commitment. Big companies like IBM and MS can afford to spend the big money, and do get some good technology from the research. But, I doubt that it falls into a "profitable" line of business.