Just reading the book The Idea Factory, it was incredible amount of innovation. Lasers, early satellites, transistors.
And it was all done, apparently, at least in the beginning, because they hired smart people and they let them do what they wanted.
I know the author, Jon. Delightful guy
All true, but monopoly profits sure help.
unix, c and c++ too.
Haven't gotten to that part of the book.
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