[ale] inventing the future: university vs corp

[Cade Thacker]

Hello,

I was involved in an interesting conversation the other day with a fellow
geek friend, and the question came up of who was really shaping the
future of computing, Universities or Corporations. There are so many
levels to the question that it is not even funny, (hardware vs software,
low-level(kernel) vs high level(TurboTax), etc), and also Open Source is
obviously having a strong a(e)ffect(can never remember which to use ;).
But we were more concentration on true career choices. Open source is
great, but hacking on jboss does not put food on the table, although the
skills you learn may lead to a better job. (but that is a whole different
discussion).

So here is the question: In terms of a career which feeds your family, but
also challenges the mind, who is shaping the future, University Research
or Corporations?

cade was here


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