is this a serious question? A corporate backed researcher is one that has the financial and IT resources at their disposal to research with and use that researc

is this a serious question? A corporate backed researcher is one that has the financial and IT resources at their disposal to research with and use that research in the shareholder interests of that corporation. The IP does not belong to an individual, but rather to the corporation, hence the lack of attribution to the researcher. It's like saying Sun created Java, rather than Gosling created java, both are 'correct', but the former more so.