School Lunch: No Java, Lots of Fat (Clients)

[Charles Behney <charlesaugust@theriver.com>]

  Imagine Academia as a Limited Liability Company, with standards set by
  Microsoft. We would have a twenty letter alphabet (saves on RAM),
  Encarta as the only library necessary for a Visual Basic education, and
  a pantheon based on Tom Edison, Alexander Bell, and that great
  innovator, Bill Gates. His contribution to Basic would rank beside the
  telephone and the light bulb.
  
  http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/9062.html
  
  Microsoft wants a ten year contract for these "services." No Hollywood
  agent can sign clients to more than a twenty four month contract.
  California law protects talent better than undergraduates. Is there a
  line in the sand here? Where's Jerry Brown on this MS/BS?
  
  CAB