Re: [edlug] Re: Stallman's talk

[Dick Middleton <dick@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

Peter G. Hancock wrote:

>     > M$ on the other hand does not seem to generate the level of new
>     > ideas and developments that one would expect; compare with IBM which
>     > is still a power house of original research.
>
> I don't know about that.  Since about 2000, Microsoft's research
> groups have become awesome.  (Prior to 2000, it was a different story...)
>
> There are some very innovative things going on there in software model
> checking, specification and verification, testing and security,
> graphics, and a lot of other areas.  Some of these things have even
> begun to percolate into engineering groups.
>
> What is IBM doing that is so impressive?

One often hears of new developments coming out of IBM - there's even 
been Nobel lauriates - but I've never seen anything about M$; doesn't 
mean there aren't any.  Obviously it's a matter of publicity/perception 
- I'm very ignorant about both of them really.

I've just had a look at IBM's current project list - there's about 380 
projects including the vital: "Veggie Vision"	A high-tech version of the 
bar code scanner that will recognize fruits and vegetables. ;-)

http://domino.research.ibm.com/Comm/wwwr_projects.nsf/projectlist.html?ReadForm&alpha=all&count=2000

The M$ web site shows lots of stuff too - about 160 projects and there's 
 a Pop-quiz (sums up their site (as distinct from the work) really).

http://research.microsoft.com/research/projects/

Dick





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