> Big labs don't work any faster than small labs Not true, at least in my field. If $BigLab can throw 100k CPU cores at a simulation it is going to finish way

> Big labs don't work any faster than small labs Not true, at least in my field. If $BigLab can throw 100k CPU cores at a simulation it is going to finish way faster than $SmallLab 1k simulation. If $BigLab builds 10 dedicated test rigs they are going to finish that parametric study way waster than $SmallLab with 1 shared test rig. Getting scooped may not a big problem for papers (except when you start getting rejections because lack of novelty), but it is a big problem for patents, licenses, royalties and such things that allow small labs to survive when their governments have little to no money to spend.