> The analogy is that one is a monetization model and the other is the composition of the core business. I still cannot get the analogy. > Also, CERN in this

> The analogy is that one is a monetization model and the other is the composition of the core business. I still cannot get the analogy. > Also, CERN in this analogy would be Alphabet. LHC is an experiment (Almost dozen to be accurate) [1] and could be an analogy for the Google search engine as a product (or Gmail or other google products). CERN is still the organization which organize and have several other divisions like computing and engineering that serve LHC and a couple of smaller experiments. I don't think there is Alphabet analogy for LHC (maybe EU in this case but also US and a couple of other countries) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Large_Hadron_Collider_experiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Large_Hadron_Collider_...