The key point is that the strategic planning of cutting-edge technology research by super-large corporations already carries a certain inertia. This is naturally due to the enormous and unavoidable sunk costs.
With twenty years of investment, tens of billions of US Dollars have been casually poured in, not to mention the more expensive time costs. You can't fall behind before even launching.
Moreover, Microsoft is essentially a private enterprise.
If public funds are lost, so be it; there's always Commissioner Smith to balance the books, and no one needs to be held accountable. But if capital's money is lost, someone must step forward and take responsibility.
So, even during negotiations with Qiao Yu, there was constant internal debate.
The extent to which classical electronic computers can simulate quantum computing is questionable. Theoretically, implementing quantum computing through hardware is the way to go.
