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From: tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Research in Reliable Distributed Computing
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 15:07:04 EDT
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> The salary algorithm works as follows: if A > B, (where '>' means older) and
> A and B are doing similar jobs and have similar educational qualificatios,
> then A is likely to be earning a bit more than B.  (There can be exceptions
> to this, but that is how roughly the system works).  Less competetive is'nt
> it? Whether it is descriminatory or not is a matter of what political views
> you have, but I do'nt think we should argue it here.

Santosh, what you are saying is apparently perfectly clear to you, but I'm
not following you.  Are you saying that an older person would =likely= be
given a higher salary because her or his salary history is likely to demand
it; or are you saying that =regardless= of salary history, an older person
will be given a higher salary than a younger person?

By the way, I don't think anyone thought you were suggesting discrimination
against the elderly; rather the other way around.  And that age-based pay is
"discriminatory" is =not= a matter of politics; discrimination is a fact,
not an opinion; look up the word if you're unclear on it.  The political
question is whether this is justifiable discrimination.
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