Comment by justincormack

We are not necessarily going to find out easily how to recreate these occasional convergencies of creativity and innovation. Bell was a huge monopoly that was very costly for the US and maybe the innovation was worth that cost. Microsoft maybe us in a similar position but not as productive. Google looks the best bet right now for an innovation centre.

The other thing of course was that various antitrust settlements meant that Bell could nit charge for many inventions, such as Unix. This made it more open than the modern paranoid corporation...

Must have been a great place to be.