Re:So when did MIT issue a degree to Mr. A. Reader
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 24, 2004 05:35 AM
MIT does not offer "cum laude" degrees.
I am both gratified and (frankly) a little surprised that you are open-minded (open source usually equals closed mind) enough to consider potential conclusions that run counter to intellectual fashion. I am particularly glad that you did not resort to ad hominem attacks (see the other "Mr. Multimillionaire" messages -- as if making jobs for other programmers and paying their health care, etc., was somehow a dishonorable thing).
As to how many of "you" there are, I believe I am more or less alone in replying.
Unfortunately, my desire for anonymity is twofold. First, if you read the other messages here, you can imagine the kinds of nasty, personal attacks one receives if one is to challenge prevailing orthodoxy. Imagine if these other posters had some information they could turn into my home phone number. Secondly, it is not prudent to speak so frankly and with attribution outside of normal external communications channels (e.g., the marketing communications folk). There is too much at stake.
The reason I stated my technical qualifications in advance is that in the open source community, if you have business qualifications, then you must be a "suit," and therefore know nothing about computers (which is obviously a non sequitur). The reason I stated my business qualifications is so that anybody reading these comments who had any sort of business experience whatsover would know this is experience, not theory talking. In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, "in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice -- in practice, there is."
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Re:So when did MIT issue a degree to Mr. A. Reader
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 24, 2004 05:35 AMI am both gratified and (frankly) a little surprised that you are open-minded (open source usually equals closed mind) enough to consider potential conclusions that run counter to intellectual fashion. I am particularly glad that you did not resort to ad hominem attacks (see the other "Mr. Multimillionaire" messages -- as if making jobs for other programmers and paying their health care, etc., was somehow a dishonorable thing).
As to how many of "you" there are, I believe I am more or less alone in replying.
Unfortunately, my desire for anonymity is twofold. First, if you read the other messages here, you can imagine the kinds of nasty, personal attacks one receives if one is to challenge prevailing orthodoxy. Imagine if these other posters had some information they could turn into my home phone number. Secondly, it is not prudent to speak so frankly and with attribution outside of normal external communications channels (e.g., the marketing communications folk). There is too much at stake.
The reason I stated my technical qualifications in advance is that in the open source community, if you have business qualifications, then you must be a "suit," and therefore know nothing about computers (which is obviously a non sequitur). The reason I stated my business qualifications is so that anybody reading these comments who had any sort of business experience whatsover would know this is experience, not theory talking. In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, "in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice -- in practice, there is."
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