Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Microsoft Research: Also Fumbling the Future
Success, as the old adage claims, has many fathers–even Apple’s success, much as CEO Steve Jobs would like to think otherwise. So it’s interesting to hear that among the progenitors of Apple’s current renown is Rick Rashid, head of Microsoft Research. Speaking at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles today, Rashid talked up his Apple street cred, reminding attendees that he helped develop Mach, the operating system microkernel that’s now the foundation of Mac OS X.
