>>I don't agree with this. MSFT has a HUGE R&D dept. Many of the projects
>they work on never get to be real products, but are simply ideas or even
>new technologies. These things may never make a single penny for MSFT, but
>money is spent there.
>
>Spending for R&D does not contradict what I was talking about. It's purpose
>is to find the next project that's going to maximize their profits.
>
>
>Gary J. Sibio
>Mr. Travel, Inc.
>
> >>> Please Mr. Gates, can we have our computers back? <<<


Not necessarily. Microsoft has spent millions on products that never saw the light of day. They worked on a database product for several years, then threw it all away and developed Access.