Is it timing?
I used to work for At&T then Ameritech (Baby Bell) then SBC. I happened to talk to the guy
(Bell Labs) who developed the software for Call Waiting. You may not know but this software was the predesessor to speed calling etc. etc, Caller Id and who knows what else...
(This was at least ten years after it had been released). I told him that I thought it was a really great acheivement and he said 'yeah, I got a really nice bonus that year' That is ALL
he received! I was totally amazed!!! Since he was an employee of Bell Labs any of his innovations were company 'property' and he could lay no claim to them. I wonder how much Bell Labs made off of this? I am sure he is retired by now...No one even knows his name....

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