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> 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 com
by 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?