> '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 w

> '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.