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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by infinite8s on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:38PM (#18216540)
Really? I'm pretty sure the internet wasn't researched and developed by corporations.
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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by pteredactyl on Sunday October 14, 2018 @10:40PM (#18217062)
Yea, Bell Labs had nothing to do with the internet.
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Re:In Silicon Valley wages are down for everyone but the top... by ardy42 on Monday October 15, 2018 @01:41AM (#18217619)
> Yea, Bell Labs had nothing to do with the internet.

Bell Labs existed in large part because AT&T was trying to justify its monopoly to fend off antitrust regulators.

Also, I think it had more to do with building the switched telephone network than it did with building the internet.

It was a pretty unique organization in time and space, and not at all typical of "corporations."

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