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Not even close to Bell-Labs.



Sorry downvoter but you really have no idea how much more Bell-Labs has done.

The Simplex algorithm, the transistor, C and C++, the R programming language, the ccd, the mobile phone...

Just some from the top of my head


No need to be dismissive. This isn't a peeing contest.

OOP, Ethernet, the mouse, GUIs, and tablets were some of the things invented at Xerox PARC.


But I am dismissive. Xerox Parc, as influential as it's been is still merely drops in the ocean compared to the Labs.




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