Microsoft Shifts Robotics Strategy, Makes Robotics Studio Available Free (Erico Guizzo/IEEE Spectrum)

Erico Guizzo / IEEE Spectrum:Microsoft Shifts Robotics Strategy, Makes Robotics Studio Available Free  —  Updated May 20, 4:23 p.m.: Added National Instruments comments; 5:49 p.m.: Added Willow Garage comments; May 21, 11:21 a.m.: Added details on competing robotics software platforms; 1:50 p.m. Added Herman Bruyninckx comments.


Platform shifts Mainframe to Mini to PC to Mobile.  Why leaders fail to make the shift (Don Dodge/Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing)

Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:Platform shifts Mainframe to Mini to PC to Mobile.  Why leaders fail to make the shift  —  Platform shifts happen every decade or so in computing.  The leaders of the previous generation are rarely successful in dominating the next generation platform.  IBM dominated the mainframe business.