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On 9/29/05, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote: > I look back at my alma mater years later and wonder what its reputation would > be if it had spent, say, a mere $2 million a year attracting the 10 to 15 best > & brightest scholars into its then-emerging computer science department? It > did in fact author a handful of the standards which define today's Internet > RFC's. But it could have done *so* much more if it had acted in those early > pre-Microsoft days on a vision of academic excellence rather than a mere lust > for hardware. Not disagreeing with your comments on ill-advised computer purchases. But unless you are talking about the paper tape era, that $2M is more likely to have been able to cover 4-8 additional faculty when you consider benefits, lab space, grad student stipends, etc.... Bill Bogstad
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