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My former boss (CTO of a large multinational Electronics company) once explained to me that 'true' (unrestrained) R&D is only possible if you have a monopoly an
by julianpye 2y ago
My former boss (CTO of a large multinational Electronics company) once explained to me that 'true' (unrestrained) R&D is only possible if you have a monopoly and want to lower your margins to avoid antitrust scrutiny.
This rings true to me. It also signals that Google is now entering a phase of real competition.
- JackFr 2y ago> 'true' (unrestrained) R&D is only possible if you have a monopoly * Bell Labs * IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center * Xerox Parc I always felt when DoJ was suing Microsoft for antitrust the best evidence of their monopoly was that Microsoft Research had started spitting out good work. I think you're onto something wrt Google.
- hifromwork 2y agoI think you present opinion of your former boss as if it were a fact. Another commenter added some examples, I'll also add the whole public sector (research institutes, univerisities) and some governmental orgs. I did a lot of "pure" R&D (in the public sector and close vicinity) and never worked in a company even close to a monopoly.
- boojums 2y agoA functional government has a monopoly on violence. Funding public sector R&D is tax money well spent, but it's still monopoly money.
- rangestransform 2y agowell i'm glad it happened this way, rather than overzealous legislators ending the gravy train it's so much more fulfilling to work on moonshot robotics compared to showing ads to people more efficiently