Microsoft science fair hits Silicon Valley
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft packed up TechFest and took it on the road Thursday, bringing a chunk of the company research unit's annual science fair to Silicon Valley.
TechFest, and the smaller TechFair event that is taking place here this week, are designed to allow product teams at Microsoft to better understand what folks in the research labs are up to--and vice versa.
Just how important are Microsoft's research labs? Well, the head of the unit notes that Microsoft started the research effort in the early days of personal computing.
"Microsoft is still here," Rashid said. "Virtually all of Microsoft's peer companies from that era are gone or not recognizable. Ultimately it is about survival."