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The Influence of Bell Labs

3 hours ago/5 comments/construction-physics.com
an hour ago by kranke155

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.

32 minutes ago by rmorey

I know the author, Jon. Delightful guy

40 minutes ago by ioblomov

All true, but monopoly profits sure help.

an hour ago by fuzztester

unix, c and c++ too.

an hour ago by kranke155

Haven't gotten to that part of the book.

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