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Another way of thinking about this is that large companies have basically decided that executing optimally is more important than necessarily creating huge leap
by mr_tristan 9y ago
Another way of thinking about this is that large companies have basically decided that executing optimally is more important than necessarily creating huge leaps themselves. They can just focus on making money, create a sizable amount of cash, and acquire new technology.
I'm sure there's a cultural effect here as well. Seems like there are fewer large companies that are willing to just let technologists "muck around for a bit" swinging for the fences without some kind of goal.
But, I just wonder, if VC-funded startups are where new tech grows, we end up just focusing on incremental improvements, instead of potential large leaps.
- forapurpose 9y ago> Seems like there are fewer large companies that are willing to just let technologists "muck around for a bit" I wonder if this is true. Many of the major computer industry companies have labs: Google, Microsoft, IBM ... (Apple? Facebook? Amazon?) I wonder if it's more or less than before.
- pmcjones 9y agoMuch less than before.
- madhadron 9y agoCompared to Bell Labs or PARC, these are purely applied labs.
- forapurpose 9y agoThanks. Do you know of any source that talks about this issue (applied vs basic in the major corporate labs) and on a somewhat sophisticated level?