When I was reading about Go the other day, I wondered whether Google could be the new Bell Labs... as far as I know, it goes as far as the 80/20 rule for work/p

When I was reading about Go the other day, I wondered whether Google could be the new Bell Labs... as far as I know, it goes as far as the 80/20 rule for work/project stuff (so no open-ended research ???), but not sure exactly how that all pans out behind the screens. And then I thought about Chrome OS - a blank slate OS-wise (coming from Google it only really needs to be internet capable) and wondered if the OS could be something along the lines of Plan9... dreams are free, applying Occam's razor suggests linux / bsd though. Guess we'll see soon enough!