“The US government served as both a munificent venture capitalist that did not expect a return (not even co-ownership) yet acted as an inexpensive testbed. In 1965 Hewlett-Packard employed about 9,000 people, Fairchild had 10,000, and Lockheed’s Missile Division had… — Arun Rao Copy Share Image
“The US government served as both a munificent venture capitalist that did not expect a return (not even co-ownership) yet acted as an inexpensive… — Arun Rao Copy Share
“In 1958 AT&T, the owner of Bell Labs, was served with an antitrust court order that forbade it to ever enter the computer business… — Arun Rao Copy Share
“In a sense, Silicon Valley was born out of Shockley's betrayal of Bell Labs' ethics.” — Arun Rao Copy Share
