>you have to wonder how things would have gone if Shockley's traitorous eight could never have come into existence due to non-competes You also have to wonder

>you have to wonder how things would have gone if Shockley's traitorous eight could never have come into existence due to non-competes You also have to wonder how litigious the society was at the time; the legal framework and protection available was probably not mature enough in a industry going through renaissance. However, it is certainly different today and the poignancy is encapsulated in this quote by Tom Gallo: When you get sued by a big corporation, you lose no matter what https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/ https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pu...