Which Is More Innovative, Apple or Microsoft?

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Whatever else the iPad does, has it underscored Apple’s positioning as an innovator? Less than you might guess.

Conducted right after the iPad’s late-January unveiling, Rasmussen Reports polling asked respondents whether Apple or Microsoft is “more innovative with its product development.” Apple won, but with a mere plurality rather than a majority (43 percent). Even amid the hoopla about the iPad, Microsoft got 29 percent of the vote, with the remaining 28 percent unsure either way.

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