Another route would be to question the basis of MS' claims for investing
$50 bn in R&D. After all, what are the visible results, we'd expect some
results, right?
I am fairly skeptical that far from the full amount is actually used for
research or development. One reason for this skepticism is that for a
while MS' form 10k, 10q and corrections seemed to suggest that marketing
was the largest expense. When people started laughing at them publicly
for it, there came a series of high profile announcements proclaiming the
emphasis on R&D.
http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?type=10&dateb=&owner=include&count=40&action=getcompany&CIK=0000789019
I don't know how one would dig deeper, but I suspect a lot of Microsoft's
budget under the heading 'research and development' is in practice still
used on marketing and/or legal fees.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Software patents endanger the legal certainty of software.
Keep them out of the EU by writing your MEP, keep the market open.
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