Comment by bradchris

Do we think that Bell Labs, if it were to avoid being broken up, would have existed in any way the same way today ?

Cynically, it likely would have ended up a zombie shell of itself, like IBM

Topically, assuming it avoided such a fate and was held in high regard by the industry and employees, this current administration would likely be meddling with every single grant, contract, or project that did not align with the administrations' priorities (see: colleges and research grants)