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From: Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com>
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Well that sucks but Bell Labs has not been Bell Labs for a long time.
I think most of us here know what Bell Labs contributed to the world,
you youngsters who don't know, look it up, it is one of the greatest
research/business stories in history.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 09:08:51PM -0400, John P. Linderman wrote:
> I'm hearing that 50% of what's left of AT&T research got the axe today.
> I'm hoping to hear from friends about details.
> God's gift to google, as we have said in the past.

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