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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by throwaway2048 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @06:46PM (#24843069)
Those are good engineering efforts, but its like building a bridge vs understanding the theory of gravity.

They are definitely not foundational in anywhere near the sense that bell labs was.

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Re:U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly by read_if_gay_ on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @07:19PM (#24843296)
Maybe Bell Labs was only foundational due to timing?
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