Surely that does happen but it wasn't my case. The option was basically not doing it. Since I made up for my cost it wasn't a bad idea I guess. Now if I get st

Surely that does happen but it wasn't my case. The option was basically not doing it. Since I made up for my cost it wasn't a bad idea I guess. Now if I get struck by lightning then they will lose future earnings but that's that. It's a big company and other parts of the company would continue just fine. Not all resources are exchangeable, esp. when some niche research is involved.