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Bell Labs wasn't the only loss. HP Labs was another victim of LBO cannibalism.
by johnea 1y ago
Bell Labs wasn't the only loss. HP Labs was another victim of LBO cannibalism.
- ForOldHack 1y agoAnd Xerox, and IBM went through spits and bumps, IBM Boca Raton, IBM Tully Road. Fairchild. Colombia Physics. The Manhattan project. Princeton. Cornell. Bleachey Park.
- ForOldHack 1y agoMIT Media lab.
- bradchris 1y agoDo we think that Bell Labs, if it were to avoid being broken up, would have existed in any way the same way today ? Cynically, it likely would have ended up a zombie shell of itself, like IBM Topically, assuming it avoided such a fate and was held in high regard by the industry and employees, this current administration would likely be meddling with every single grant, contract, or project that did not align with the administrations' priorities (see: colleges and research grants)