It is very clear that the people at Microsoft, such as Jim Allchin, can no longer see the forest for the trees when it comes to innovation. They have become so accustomed to buying whatever it is that they want that they can no longer conceive of the possibility of being able to innovate without money. It is clear that Allchin's perspective assumes that innovation must be purchased. Can't buy that. Throughout history humans have been creative.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
True innovation arises out of need. This is the foundation of Linux and the Open Source movement. It is also the foundation of the scientific process that began in earnest a couple hundred years ago. Imagine what life would be like if the scientists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries had only shared the knowledge of their innovations with a company or sponsor that paid them for their discoveries. Much of the structure of our society would not exist.