You know what they say – the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and when it comes to Microsoft's research and development pudding, it is three times as large as what Apple has in their oven, forking out $9.8 billion compared to Cupertino's $3.4 billion. Of course, they are fundamentally two different companies as one concentrates on mostly software and services, while the other has quite an array of hardware with some software on the side, but for the average layperson, do you think that pumping in more money to R&D always leads to better financial performance in the market.
Ubergizmo , Microsoft outspends Apple 3 times for research and development, Microsoft outspends Apple 3 times for research and development