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US accredited Liberal Arts degree more valuable
Lets ponder Andy Grove's memos, which are in a new book on his life by Tedlow.

"Last weekend, one phone call with Gates... Exchange of pleasantries, threats... he threatened me a bunch of times with everything from disembowelment upward. We are now pissing at each other's pant legs in all kinds of different areas."

Interestingly, the above is not so uncommon amoung scientists.

Let me argue as an executive and point out that a liberal arts degree is likely more of a ticket to a high paying job in technology than a computer science degree. This is owing to the notion that the techology actually used in business and government is far advanced to the technology available to students.

The reason for this is simple. When a technology doesn't prove itself in business, it gets dumped into the school systems. Microsoft expects to salvage that technology by creating a ground swell of support amoung young entry level new hires. When these new hires go to work they stumble, suggest that they might do better if they could use .Net and if the manager isn't good .Net gets implemented.

Compare and contrast with the self motovated liberal arts degree potential new hire. This fellow likely has colaborated using document management systems developed for that purpose like Wiki. To get the liberal arts degree they know a lot about Google and internet searching and because they are interested they likely have created web sites, are you tubing, I poding etc. In other words to get their liberal arts degree they have learned to be efficient and effective.
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MIT should be embarassed about taking this money, It is like churches  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Speaking of drugs...  John Zern | 12/12/06
Insults only show that you do not have an argument.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
First since you seem to have trouble ...  ShadeTree | 12/12/06
Yes, they were found to be a monopoly, without that the other charges would  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Yes they were  voska | 12/12/06
Probably too late to save education  __howard__ | 12/12/06
This is obviously not illegal, only an embarassment for MIT.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
So, you're saying the antitrust settlement  Boot_Agnostic | 12/12/06
Man, this is NOT illegal, only an example of a moral lapse on the part of  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Listen to yourself sometime, LooneyBoy  John Zern | 12/12/06
Sorry, replied to the story, not the message, see below:  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Here's my argument  John Zern | 12/12/06
My only point is that it was poor judgement for MIT to accept the money.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
You are a OSS bigot.  osreinstall | 12/12/06
You do not get it, they still show no remorse. Just because they  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Who cares Donnieboy?  osreinstall | 12/12/06
So, we should treat companies that break the law and whow no remorse like  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
No, just treat them as companies.  osreinstall | 12/12/06
That makes me sick - they all do it, so just look the other way. No, we  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Get used to being sick.  osreinstall | 12/12/06
It does not matter if other companies did something worse, MS broke the law  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06
Yes it does if you want to determine fairness.  osreinstall | 12/13/06
You can NOT say that ALL crimes are acceptable because others did worse, or  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06
I didn't say that, you did.  osreinstall | 12/13/06
They still show no remorse and have not apologized. They are also still  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06
I don't care. It is a free country.  osreinstall | 12/13/06
European Model?  __howard__ | 12/12/06
Not the problem  voska | 12/12/06
Education is a minor part of the problem  Patrick Jones | 12/12/06
wages and job security are there  voska | 12/12/06
US accredited Liberal Arts degree more valuable  mighetto | 12/13/06
MS broke the law and was found guilty by a 7 judge panel - UNANAMOUSLY.  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
My opinion of improving schools  CobraA1 | 12/12/06
I could not agree more. They should kick Coke, Pepsi, and Microsoft off of  DonnieBoy | 12/12/06
Excellent Post  mighetto | 12/13/06
Was showing remorse a part of the settlement?  Boot_Agnostic | 12/13/06
Nope, only part of being forgiven. Companies can do many things that are  DonnieBoy | 12/13/06

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