Microsoft reported today and I wanted to look at the R&D analysis from MyYOGA and see if there are any significant changes from the December 31 analysis.

In the last 3 months, Microsoft spent 2.2 billion on R&D and Apple spent 426 million.  As a % of Gross Margin both were about 2% higher this quarter than the previous 6 months.

Yahoo and Google have not reported.

The nice thing for me was the model updated from the source data.

1. Microsoft and Apple R&D Comparison « The Daily Extension says:

   May 26, 2010 at 6:26 am

   [...] did the MyYOGA exercise in April, the day Microsoft filed their Q in XBRL, and used % of Gross Margin vs. a % of [...]