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Philip Greenspun Quotes

«We're not a vocational school. If someone wants to get a high-paying job, I would hope that there are easier ways to do it than working through a formal computer science curriculum.»
«Publishing the book online has had some huge consequences for my life, but not the ones that I would have expected.»
«Even within traditional universities there has always been debate about whether it wouldn't be better to focus on only one course at a time.»
«If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up on the Web.»
«Travels with Samantha isn't about self-exposure; it comes from the same motivation that leads people to open-source software: the desire to help people build on what one has learned or done.»
«Voila! I turned into the publisher of a 50,000-member, million hit/day online community.»
«That said, the Baby Boomers are beginning to retire. Employers can't afford to exclude people who are qualified to work.»
«Even the lamest page can be saved by collaboration.»