[ale] inventing the future: university vs corp

[Cade Thacker]

When I was talking about University I was more thinking about PhD level
research. I know AT&T inventing Unix, but didn't UC Berkley have a big
hand in there somewhere?(Bill Joy hacking somewhere in there?)

cade was here

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Chris Fowler wrote:

>
> 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
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> From: Cade Thacker [mailto:linux at cade.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:41 AM
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>
> 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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