Head of MS Research On Special Projects, Google X and Win 9 71
Velcroman1 (1667895) writes "Microsoft Research finally earned some long-overdue headlines last week, when ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley reported on a 'Special Projects' group that would tackle disruptive technology and ultimately Google X. Peter Lee, head of the division and its 1,100 researchers, told Digital Trends he's not frustrated by all of that glowing press for Google's researchers and the lack of attention for MSR. 'Frustrating is not quite the right word,' Lee said, in an interview ahead of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for MSR's New York City office. 'I like Google X. The people there are good friends of mine. Astro [Teller, "Captain of Moonshots" with Google X] took classes from me at Carnegie Mellon, he's a great guy doing great stuff. But the missions are different. We want to make things better and ship them. That will always be primary for us. It will be secondary for them.'"
Special Projects? (Score:5, Insightful)
Does the author know that "Special Projects" is corporate speak for "Taken off of primary responsibilities prior to being fired".
Is this the team that... (Score:3, Insightful)
finally earned some long-overdue headlines??? (Score:4, Insightful)
A bit condescending (Score:4, Insightful)
A bit condescending of an attitude for someone that is working at Microsoft, a company that is clearly on the wane. People don't go to Microsoft to create anything great. They go there for a stable income for their family and mortgage.
Well, ship them then. (Score:5, Insightful)
Over the last decades, I've seen some really amazing demos of things being worked
on at MSR. Has any of it ever shipped? As a real product, I mean, not as some half
done and by now abandoned proof of concept?