I don't have any problem with the University, as a private organization, owning an equity interest in a company commercializing work done there.
The idea of *the college being owned*, which is what the original story suggested, is entirely another matter.
And, FWIW, I think it was a pretty decent AFJ... it was *just* credible enough to make you go hmmm... as the saying goes. posted by baylink at 12:11 PM on May 9, 2000
For the record, Gillmor replied to my semi-serious apology e-mail: "Came as a surprise to me, too..." posted by wendell at 2:01 PM on May 9, 2000
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I don't have any problem with the University, as a private organization, owning an equity interest in a company commercializing work done there.
The idea of *the college being owned*, which is what the original story suggested, is entirely another matter.
And, FWIW, I think it was a pretty decent AFJ... it was *just* credible enough to make you go hmmm... as the saying goes.
posted by baylink at 12:11 PM on May 9, 2000