[ale] inventing the future: university vs corp

[Chris Fowler]

I sometimes laugh at universities classes.  ITT, learn the skills of today
for the jobs of tomorrow.  By the time thyey graduate the skills of tomorrow
would
be that day and they have learned the skills of the past.  I believe
Corporations shape
the future.  It is schools that have difficulty keeping up.  UNIX was not
created in a University.
It was created in a Company.

Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Cade Thacker [mailto:linux at cade.org]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:41 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] inventing the future: university vs corp


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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