| > I think they are getting the direction right for opening up for external MS product users, and now it's time to recruit top talent again. There are just too many great hackers think MS is old ... I don't know who you think the "great hackers" are that Microsoft should hire, but Microsoft is overflowing with top talent. They don't need to "recruit top talent again", because they already were and long have been. The research division of Microsoft was created in 1991 and employs computer scientists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians, including Turing Award winners, Fields Medal winners, MacArthur Fellows, and Dijkstra Prize winners. These 1,100 scientists and engineers collaborate with academic, government, and industry researchers to advance the state of the art of computing, and solve difficult world problems through technological innovation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Research Microsoft's problem is management, not talent. They already some of the best talent money can buy. > 2) buy early-stage companies through acqui-hire. Why would Microsoft benefit from hiring inexperienced teams out of startups on the acquihire market? |