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- From: dal3@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (dale.e.parson)
- Subject: Re: reality check - with apologies
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.165345.10089@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- References: <bhayden.724607233@teal> <BzF02E.Kxo@mtholyoke.edu> <=#brqzm@dixie.com>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:53:45 GMT
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- In article <=#brqzm@dixie.com> jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
- >
- >
- >None of this applies, of course, to tangible assets. Who owns the
- >equipment, software, etc would be governed by the contract between
- >the university and the payor. Being someone who has purchased
- >university research, I can assure you my contracts have specified
- >the university controls their side of the deal. Last thing I'd
- >want would be for some professor to get his ass in a snit and
- >run off to God knows where with my money and my equipment.
- >I normally donate my equipment involved to the UNIVERSITY after
- >the project is finished.
- >
- >Reading this thread, two thoughts come to mind. From the original
- >prof's own words, I conclude he's being a prick over a turf war
- >he cannot win and that he'll probably kiss tenure goodbye. Secondly,
- >if this is representative of academic "research" today, something
- >is badly wrong.
- >
-
- Ah, reality finally makes entry into the reality check. The discussion
- before this point has been a little, shall we say, ACADEMIC.
- One might argue causes to bite the hand that feeds one, but certainly
- not when one is toothless. No wonder this country is awash in lawsuits.
- Even the most basic modern interpersonal relationships like employer-
- employee don't get the benefit of common sense. Maybe it's a net phenomenon--
- go to the net with a question whose answer should be painfully obvious,
- and get back nonsense answers.
-
-
- Dale Parson, Bell Labs, dale@mhcnet.att.com
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