Re: [chat] Microsoft chief joins IT team

["Antony Clarke" <hrxunil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Craige McWhirter" <craige@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 14:59, Mary Gardiner wrote:
>
> > Giving industry figures academic positions, especially in IT, is more
> > recent, more controversial, but a growing trend.
>
> Lovely background but I it doesn't negate the original statement:
>
> Profit before Education
>
> Corporations have no place in education, that fact that they do and have
> for some time does not make it right ;)
>

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3415179%5E15317%5E%5Enbv%5E1
5306,00.html

Professor Hayes said Macquarie was negotiating a joint venture with a
multinational software company that would expand the centre's capacity to
develop programs for schools.

I wonder who ;)

Antony

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When my so called UNI degree lets me get rid of this crap OS I will.