Yes. I read "The Master Switch" and being crowned "The New Bell Labs" to me was synonymous with incredible innovation, which is the buried for decades to protec

Yes. I read "The Master Switch" and being crowned "The New Bell Labs" to me was synonymous with incredible innovation, which is the buried for decades to protect and entrenched position, which I don't think is google's play. For example, see the history of the answering machine and magnetic tape. http://io9.com/5691604/how-ma-bell-shelved-the-future-for-60-years http://io9.com/5691604/how-ma-bell-shelved-the-future-for-60...