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Is buying startups the new R & D?

• pg 20y ago
  yes
  • far33d 20y ago
    pg: looks like someone picked up "hiring is obsolete" and decided they could rewrite it for a mainstream news outlet.
• floozyspeak 20y ago
  i'd agree
• zach 20y ago
  I'm going to say yes as well.
• danw 20y ago
  Is this a dupe? Or just a rehash of something I've heard far too many times?
• Elfan 20y ago
  Development? Yes. But I'm not sure anything has replaced PARC/Bell Labs style research. See also: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=2585 http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=2585