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Re:Google Fiber Plans & Pricing by timthorn on Thursday July 26, 2012 @04:31PM (#4298507)
IBM isn't a public utility with guaranteed profits, but they do a fair amount of both fundamental and applied research.
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Re:Google Fiber Plans & Pricing by Nrsolis on Thursday July 26, 2012 @06:21PM (#4299056)
IBM has one of the most extensive patent portfolios known to man.

Whatever basic research they do, it's definitely in pursuit of digits for the bottom line.

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