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Bell Labs anyone? You know the for profit division of a company that more or less created modern computing? then was destroyed by government actions
by phpisthebest 3y ago
Bell Labs anyone? You know the for profit division of a company that more or less created modern computing? then was destroyed by government actions
- hkt 3y agoThe history of computing is intimately tied with government investment and academic research. Hence ARPAnet and ALOHA. The impetus for world changing innovation tends to come from governments trying to improve things that are structurally inefficient.
- seanw444 3y agoLet's take a look at where the exponential growth of technology kicked off, and when the first actually almost-free-market began. Hmm. Quite a strong correlation.
- hkt 3y agoIs there even a free market today? Has there ever been? Just looking at telecoms, it is clear that they're monopolists.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoXerox PARC, as well. Sadly, they are both extinct beasties, these days...