To incorporate your thought I rephrased the sentence to: The academe should remain a breeding ground for innovative ideas.
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:55:56 +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Historically it is sound. Open source development can be aptly > referred to as the scientific method of software development. Science > and mankind in general did not progress by the restriction of ideas > and their expression. Rather these flourished through extensive > sharing and accumulated, continuous open review and improvement. In a > sense the current practice of relying on software monocultures and > proprietary software mentality can be deemed as an anomaly to the > natural progress of computing. > > As for the academe being a breeding ground for new ideas - hopefully > it does stay that way, as commercial interests do want to dictate how > the academe should train students in preparation for "the industry", > and its fast creeping even in the curricula that the students take. A > real fear would be the time that the academe would churn out graduates > who are merely users than builders of the future computing > infrastructure. Sadly though the reality in most schools looks like it > is going that way... > -- > Paolo Alexis Falcone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Prem Vilas Fortran Rara http://premrara.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
