Potentially your "rival groups" will have a long term advantage now though. This might be bad for the graduate students that did the work, but could be good for the professor and group over the next decade.
Graduate students need to think in terms of 4-6 years while forward looking professors might want to think in terms of 5-15 years.
Graduate students need to think in terms of 4-6 years while forward looking professors might want to think in terms of 5-15 years.