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by ClumsyPilot 2417 days ago
I have seen this happen at universities too, but I don't take issue with it. They will produce research and tech that is typically available for anyone to use. At this point the options are:

1. Technology transfer to an existing business 2. CERN employee starts a business to commercialise it 3. Nothing useful is done at all

Obviously people that originally worked on this research will have a head start when it comes to commercialising it. Most research never leads to anything commercial (at least not withing a reasonable time-frame)