Google to Bell Labs is not an apt comparison. The better one would be Google to AT&T. Both Google and AT&T have components (like Bell Labs) that produce open technology. The author's omission of Go, Dart, and Android is glaring.
This article will look even sillier in the future when we're being taxied around in our driverless cars, after Google has had the decades that Bell Labs had to make its accomplishments.
This article will look even sillier in the future when we're being taxied around in our driverless cars, after Google has had the decades that Bell Labs had to make its accomplishments.