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by polymeris 1979 days ago
It's only partially patriotism. More importantly, I suspect, just a brand that sells well, no matter what you are selling. That said, EPFL/ETH and CERN have done some important things in computer science.
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T-A 1979 days ago
CERN is an international laboratory which happens to be located on the border between Switzerland and France. I wouldn't call it Swiss.
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bergstromm466 1979 days ago
CERN is made possible by shared European funding, hardly 'Swiss'.
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polymeris 1979 days ago
True. And much of the work at ETH is conducted by foreigners, but the marketing association is still there.
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tdudzik 1979 days ago
And much of the work in the USA is done by foreigners or even outsourced to other countries.;)
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