[GreenKeys] Bell Labs - True Innovation

[Jim Haynes]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2012, Peter Gottlieb wrote:

> So, how much is Lucent like the old Bell Labs?  Did they just change the name
> and it's pretty much the way it was or is it just a mere shadow of what it was?
>
It's a mere shadow.  The old Bell Labs was supported by a little bit of
everyone's telephone bill.  After the Bell System breakup Bell Labs was
an expense that the newly-competing companies that owned it could not
afford.