Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!nanotech From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) Newsgroups: sci.nanotech Subject: Re: Update #5 Message-ID: Date: 1 Jul 89 02:43:16 GMT Sender: nanotech@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 31 Approved: nanotech@aramis.rutgers.edu josh@planchet.rutgers.edu [from Update #5] > January and February saw a number of nanotechnology-related events: > MIT's annual symposium (see report elsewhere in this issue), a lecture > at Bell Communications Research (a spinoff of Bell Labs) on Jan. 13, Bell Communications Research (BCR) is not a ``spinoff of Bell Labs.'' When the Bell system was broken up by Justice, BCR was created to perform functions for the operation companies that had been previously handled by Bell Labs. It is a totally separate organization. The chart now looks like: Before: AT&T + Bell Labs / \ / \ / \ / \ After: AT&T RBOC (Region Bell Operating Companies) + + Bell Labs Bellcore Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac [Indeed, in a recent speech I heard the head of Bellcore claim it was bigger (now) than Bell Labs. However, I'm sure the reference was intended merely identify what kind of organization Bellcore is in as few words as possible. --JoSH]