As sad as it makes me that Bell Labs no longer exists, I am glad that Bell was broken up. If it weren't for that we might still have only half a dozen different

As sad as it makes me that Bell Labs no longer exists, I am glad that Bell was broken up. If it weren't for that we might still have only half a dozen different colors and two different shapes of telephone (rental only). It seems that people don't even start to rail against monopolists until long after they've become obnoxious tyrants. It also seems that there are plenty of other fine inventions in the world that weren't made by the benevolence of some monopolist.