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From: ching@pepsi.amd.com (Mike Ching)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Fed up with MIPS
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Date: 22 Oct 89 19:11:09 GMT
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In article <1989Oct22.001109.1008@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
 >
 >> To keep the PC industry thriving we must produce many more technicians
 >> and design engineers, to use high-MIPS CPUs in design optimization and
 >> simulation.  There is a big possibility that the U.S.  educational
 >> system will let us down.
 >
 >The U.S. Educational System will let us down???
 >
 >How about the industries who supposedly need these people?
 >
 >It never ceases to amuse me how industry types will wring their hands
 >bitching that universities aren't teaching this or that.
 >
 >Yet, when it comes time to make a donation, they're nowhere to be
 >found or do palliative things that look good in the newspaper (donate
 >a few PC's) but balk at doing anything substantive (real $$ to develop
 >real programs and hire real teaching and support staff.)
 >
[verbiage deleted]
 >
 >When industry does show up with a supposed donation either they have
 >ulterior motives (let's donate one of our XY1000's so they'll buy more
 >of them!) or they're looking to get some cheap programming done under
 >the guise of "research" (with a tax deduction to boot!)

First you say that industry would get what they need from education if they
donated funds and then you say that getting what they need is an ulterior
motive. Were you just venting or did you have a point?

mike ching