> We don't have a Bell labs anymore Bell Labs was 100% funded by the rents of a government-enforced monopoly. Ma Bell spent its corporate lifetime fighting to

> We don't have a Bell labs anymore Bell Labs was 100% funded by the rents of a government-enforced monopoly. Ma Bell spent its corporate lifetime fighting to prevent things like the Internet from happening. Bell Labs' job was to patent things like the answering machine so AT&T could prevent them from existing for as long as possible. I, for one, am very very glad that Bell Labs no longer exists.