[arasmussen]

Do they have similar policies with regards to openness as YC's research lab?

[raphman]

MSR publish a lot but try to get patents on potentially valuable research first.

[semi-extrinsic]

Like literally any research organization or university anywhere today.

[argonaut]

Which only makes an organization like YC Research even more valuable of an experiment.

[raphman]

FWIW, as a researcher at a university, it is only my decision whether I apply for a patent or not. In contrast, patenting inventions is an inherent part of the research workflow at research labs such as MSR, Yahoo Research, etc.

[Qworg]

MSR publishes continuously, both in journals and in white papers. It is part of the evaluation.

(Source: I work at MSR)

[p4bl0]

In my experience, MSR researchers publish openly just like people in "regular" academia. I think the main difference is that they are better paid.

[srean]

But who gets to own the IP ?

[pavpanchekha]

MS