On 16 Jul 2002, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> Oron Peled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The basic division used to be: > > * Academy: does basic research, is funded by public (taxes) > > and the results are published and available to the > > public. > > Also funded by tuition payments, and privately, partly by industry. > > > * Industry: Implements what looks promising and fund development > > by reaping the results of implementation. > > Partly funded by taxes (through government orders), publishes some > results, gets Nobel prizes... > > > The problem now is that every day the situation is more like: > > * Academy: still funded by public (taxes) and grants, but the results > > are sold to the Industry to get more money. > > Whatdo you mean? The funding sources are the same as always. The only > "sold to the industry" that comes to my mind is private ventures run > by academic staff, but that has always existed. if you read the salon article in the URL oron posted in his message, you'll see exactly what he means - universities selling to existing companies, things that they have developed. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
