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> Would we have had Bell Labs without the AT&T monopoly? The implication here is that Bell Labs was a good thing. While I find it hard to say I wouldn't have l
by Zambyte 2y ago
> Would we have had Bell Labs without the AT&T monopoly?
The implication here is that Bell Labs was a good thing. While I find it hard to say I wouldn't have loved to have been a part of something like that, I think we may have been better off without it, considering what it squashed.
- treyd 2y agoA research environment like Bell Labs freed from the behemoth of AT&T would have been a great boon to society had it stayed around in a similar form to today.