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0 pointsbostonpete12y ago0 comments

Why is it a conspiracy theory to infer that if Microsoft is supporting a technology financially that they're likely using it internally (or planning to)? MS isn't a charity...

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seanmcdirmid12y ago· 2 in thread

The grant supposedly comes from Microsoft Research Connections. They give grants all the time to projects (usually at universities), I've (as a MSR researcher) even been involved in a one before with KAIST concerning a JavaScript related topic. Interest alignment is quite flexible.

fperez_org12y ago

Note that this is a donation, not a grant. The legal terms are completely different.

seanmcdirmid12y ago

Thanks for the clarification. Note that I'm a researcher, not a lawyer! We participate in relationships that involve money going from us to others, the nature of which I'm not very clear about but the right people are. I'll be careful about my terminology in the future.

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