I thought the issue was well brought up, welcomed, and appreciated.
thanks!
Craig White wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 12:03, Carl Parrish wrote:
>
>
>>Okay I hate bring politics into our discussion but I'm interested in
>>what others are thinking about 102.
>>
>>
>---
>evidently, you didn't hate bringing politics onto this message enough
>not to do it.
>---
>
>
>> On the one hand it will generate
>>more money for the state (something that is *very* needed) on the other
>>hand it gives the state a reason to support technical Intellectual
>>Property, something that I don't really want to see happen. If the state
>>is suddenly allowed to make money off of the Intellectual Property of
>>colleges (why don't the students get this?). They will be *much* less
>>inclined to listen to why software patiens should be done away with. I'm
>>interested in what others are thinking because I'm of two minds here,
>>short term vs. long term.
>>
>>
>
>On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 07:00, Vaughn Treude wrote:
>
>
>>I was tempted to support this measure. On the surface it sounds reasonable.
>>Radio talk show guy Charles Goyette (1100 KFNX) had some good comments in the
>>negative side (www.charlesgoyette.com):
>>
>>"Look, under current law the results of taxpayer-driven research at our
>>universities can be sold or licensed to private businesses. Would it instead
>>have been wiser to have traded rights to state sponsored research to dot com
>>companies for their now worthless shares? This measure would allow the
>>schools to be equity holders – owners– of businesses. One critic reasonably
>>suggests it wouldn’t be long before questions of profiteering, cronyism, and
>>conflict of interest arise."
>>
>>He has a point. I've decided to vote no.
>>
>>
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>profiteering/cronyism/conflicting interests? Clearly higher education is meant to be provide the training/education that businesses need. A more formal partnership with businesses seems to be a logical nexus and it is done in many states.
>
>I've never been impressed with Charles ability to see the positive side of anything.
>
>This is a process that has much better upside than downside and is clearly worth trying.
>
>Craig
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