Microsoft might not come to mind as a leader in computer science research as readily as, say, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or Mitre. Rick Rashid, Microsoft senior vice president of Microsoft Research, sees this as a misperception. Rashid started the company’s research division in 1991 after doing seminal research on operating systems, the fruits of which subsequently were used in Unix, Apple Computer Macintosh and Microsoft Windows NT. Recently, he was in Washington with a number of Microsoft researchers showing off their work.
We spoke with Rashid about the difficulties of technology transfer, new operating system developments and why Microsoft just can’t get no respect.
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