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Apocryphon on June 6, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Bell Labs Worked

Why is Bell Labs considered more prolific than Xerox PARC?

matthewdgreen on June 6, 2025 [–]

Because Bell Labs is older and deployed more of their inventions into practice.

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