Re:Why I Left Academia
by hbogert on Sunday August 21, 2022 @02:28AM
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Bell labs was funded by Bell's monopoly position at the time right?
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Yes. It seems only monopolies or near-monopolies engage in substantial amounts of greenfield research. Everyone else is too busy competing to spend a dime on anything that won’t help next quarter or next year if we’re lucky.