On 09.08.2001 18:13 Pablo Manalastas wrote:
>
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Cito Maramba MD wrote:
>
> > Anyway, as I was saying to xenos in IRC the other day, a BS degree only
> > signifies that you have sufficient B*llsh*t, an MS means you have even
> More
> > Sh*t, and a Ph.D confirms that you are Phull of Dung.
>
> Linus's book, "Just for Fun", mentions that he received a Masters for
> his work on Linux, and when Linux became very successful, Helsinki
> gave him an honorary Doctorate. In his case, Ph.D. means "Phull of
> Dinero", since the stock options that RedHat gave him allowed him to buy
> a really big house in Silicon Valley and a flashy BMW Z3.
>
Add to that the money Reader's Digest gave him for the "European of the
Year" Award, and that's a hefty chunk of change, not to mention his salary
at Transmeta. Still doesn't approach Bill Gates level though.
Aren't most honorary degrees "Doctor of Laws" (Ll.D? DL?) rather than Ph.D?
I know the honorary degrees that UP confers almost every commencement are
"Doctor of Laws". Might be different in European Universities though... In
which case, Linus' Ll.D would mean Lots and Lotsa Dough!
But as was commenting in a previous thread, it seems that the "dropouts"
become the people who make (and take) the most money (Gates, Ellison) but
those who go on to higher studies (Torvalds, Thompson, Ritchie, Kernighan)
are the ones who create something useful and give it out to the world for
free. Is there something about staying in an academic environment that
makes a person more inclined to give freely and share?
Actually, when you think about it, the products that result from research
in government funded universities and institutes have already been "paid
for" by the people, through their taxes. Just the same way that the
Filipino people subsidised my Medical Education, and for which I'm still
paying back by being in government service.
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University of the Philippines Manila |"Dude, that kicks ass!"
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