Microsoft Research Response to Open Letter

—–Original Message—–
From: Peter Lee (MSR) [mailto:petelee@microsoft.com]
To: Vadhan, Salil P.
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 6:24 PM
Cc: Harry Shum; Jeannette Wing

Dear Salil, SIGACT Community, and Colleagues:

Thank you for your letter. We are grateful for the obvious thought and care you have put into expressing the concerns of the research community. It helps all of us in MSR and Microsoft to know that people care deeply about what we do and the health of our organization.

We welcome the invitation to respond. Toward this end, we have posted a note on the MSR Connections Blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msr_er/archive/2014/10/21/harry-shum-open-letter-to-academic-research-community.aspx. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to explain that we share your concerns, and also to state clearly that Microsoft and MSR remain committed to fundamental research, now and into the future. We look forward to continuing the deep partnership between the research community and MSR.

Sincerely,

Harry Shum, Peter Lee, and Jeannette Wing