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Re:Ian Ross, Who Led Bell Labs, Dies at 85 by nishantmodak on Sunday March 17, 2013 @05:28AM (#5388664)
“If we had had the same progress in the aircraft industry, you and I could be flying between London and New York in 500,000-seat planes and the fare would be about 25 cents,” he once said.

What kind of progress/innovation does he refer to in this?

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Re:Ian Ross, Who Led Bell Labs, Dies at 85 by nonamegiven on Sunday March 17, 2013 @08:35AM (#5389015)
ENIAC to your phone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selectron_tube
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Re:Ian Ross, Who Led Bell Labs, Dies at 85 by rm445 on Sunday March 17, 2013 @05:50AM (#5388687)
At a guess, transistors on a die.
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