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CAREERS WORKING THROUGH BELL LABORATORIES. IT IS ABOUT INVASION. ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENS, WHY IT HAPPENS AND WHO MAKES IT HAPPEN. IT IS LIKE WISE ABOUT...
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SO. SOME OF THE THING THAT YOU SEE NOW IN THE VALLEY, I THINK, THE KIND OF FREEDOM GIVEN ENGINEERS AND RESEARCHERS, THE SMALL TEAMS ATTACKING BIG PROBLEMS...
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AT THE MUSEUM. BUT THE LIST IS IMPRESSIVE. RATTLE OFF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GREW OUT OF THAT. >> SURE. BELL LABS BEGAN IN 192525, AS THE RESEARCH...
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A LOT OF MY BOOK IS FOCUSED ON THE POST WAR YEARS. IT BEGAN IN 1948 WITH THE INVENTION OF THE TRAN SISTER BY JOHN AND WALTER. PRETTY SOON AFTER BILL...
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IN THE NAME. HOW DID THAT MATTER THAT WOULD LEAD TO THAT TRAIL OF ALL OF THOSE THING THAT YOU DESCRIBED. >> A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY PROBABLY HELPS....
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45 YEARS. AT&T WAS A MONOPOLY THEY CONTROLLED 80 TO 90% OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANIES. THEY WERE A VERTICALLY INNOVATED COUNTRY. THEY OWNED WESTERN ELECTRIC...
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THAT. GIVE US A SENSE OF THE EARLY PROBLEMS. THERE WASN'T A DIAL TONE. THERE WERE VERY BASIC PROBLEMS THAT HAD TO BE SOLVED. >> EVERYTHING. THE EARLY...
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THAT WENT INTO DESERVING OPERATOR HEADSETS FOR THE WOMEN WHO SAT AT SWITCHBOARDS, TEAMS OF PEOPLE WOULD WORK ON THE PROBLEMS FOR YEARS. TEAMS OF CHEMISTS...
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I MEAN, THERE WAS A VERY SMALL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AT THE BEGINNING.
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AGAIN, BELL LABS WAS NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. THERE WAS ABOUT 150 TO 15% OF THEM WERE WORK ANYTHING BASIC RESEARCH. A MAST MAJORITY WERE WORKING AT...
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