[brlug-poly] M$ Spams Free Speech Alley.

[Shannon Roddy]

On 10/29/05, John Hebert <metanoid at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Shannon, what's up with the JPL situation? I hadn't heard they had
> problems.
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http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18289

Can't find the original article that was on JPL's site.

NASA/Congress has cut funding. I think JPL just laid off 10% across the
board. They are administered by Caltech, therefore it cuts into Caltech's
bottom line. Caltech has had some serious budget problems for the last few
years. Rumor has it that a lot of it was because of a financial officer
asleep at the wheel around the time of dot-bust. (totally unsubstantiated,
though he is no longer there... Also, I heard a rumor that MIT hired him
afterwards. Go figure...)

> "Ok, we'll pay that." If you value freedom, then you must allow LSU to
> make their own business decisions.
>

I would only comment that Caltech/MIT is privately funded, where LSU is a
state funded school. So, for LSU, there should be some oversight by
taxpayers.
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