It comes across that you're not a PG fan :) but I think that clouds your response here a little. CERN (thankfully) is not a company, let alone a big company.

It comes across that you're not a PG fan :) but I think that clouds your response here a little. CERN (thankfully) is not a company, let alone a big company. I don't think it's fair to counter argue on this point. I've worked across research, big company and startups. I would argue that the way researchers work is a lot more akin to the 'natural' way of working (free from such artificial constraints as quarterly shareholder value) that this article is trying to get at.