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It is still true. Google is an exception, it's certainly not the rule.
by Tamerlin 16y ago
It is still true. Google is an exception, it's certainly not the rule.
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- _delirium 16y agoAnd I think it's partly because they do do a lot of research, so they get some of the research prestige. With the number of full-time researchers and publication output they have, the research side of Google would rank as one of the larger institutes if it were standalone. See e.g.: http://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html http://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html I think the same is true prestige-wise of other research-heavy companies. Bell Labs was prestigious; being at Microsoft Research is prestigious; etc.
- Locke1689 16y agoI don't see why doing privately funded research would be any less prestigious. Microsoft Research is arguably the most important operating system research group in existence, like Bell Labs before them. Honestly I would expect these kinds of misconceptions from the general public, but do most people in our field not understand the state of computer science research today?