Comments on: Um, what were they expecting from an Army contract? http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/14/um-what-were-they-expecting-from-an-army-contract/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: John West http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/14/um-what-were-they-expecting-from-an-army-contract/#comment-58502 John West Mon, 19 May 2008 21:16:46 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/14/um-what-were-they-expecting-from-an-army-contract/#comment-58502 That was, indeed, exactly my point. I'm a Libertarian at heart, and I'm all about the free choice and free expression of the will of any legitimate constituency. My point is if the faculty didn't want the business with the Army, they shouldn't have gone after it. Complaining about it after the fact is the wrong approach. That was, indeed, exactly my point. I’m a Libertarian at heart, and I’m all about the free choice and free expression of the will of any legitimate constituency. My point is if the faculty didn’t want the business with the Army, they shouldn’t have gone after it. Complaining about it after the fact is the wrong approach.

]]> By: John Leidel http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/14/um-what-were-they-expecting-from-an-army-contract/#comment-58457 John Leidel Mon, 19 May 2008 16:55:24 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/14/um-what-were-they-expecting-from-an-army-contract/#comment-58457 grammarnazi, let me clarify what I believe is John's [West] point on the article. AHPCRC, formerly of Minnesota, became "The Stanford Consortium" when moved to Mountain View. It was an effort that was very much spear-headed by the university and its faculty members. The center director is also a Stanford faculty member [also of the ME department]. What strikes many of us as odd is that Stanford willingly accepted the charter of the center and has, as of late, come back in protest. grammarnazi, let me clarify what I believe is John’s [West] point on the article. AHPCRC, formerly of Minnesota, became “The Stanford Consortium” when moved to Mountain View. It was an effort that was very much spear-headed by the university and its faculty members. The center director is also a Stanford faculty member [also of the ME department]. What strikes many of us as odd is that Stanford willingly accepted the charter of the center and has, as of late, come back in protest.

]]> By: grammarnazi http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/14/um-what-were-they-expecting-from-an-army-contract/#comment-58300 grammarnazi Mon, 19 May 2008 00:34:19 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/2008/05/14/um-what-were-they-expecting-from-an-army-contract/#comment-58300 OK, you just lost a reader for your website... Are you kidding? Don't mistake me: I LOVE (for example) the NNSA labs for reasons both selfish and intellectual. But, the faculty of any university have the right and the responsibility to express their opinion on things like this. Outsiders to academe always fail to realize that faculty are not the employees of a university, or even a 'constituency' within the university: They ARE THE UNIVERSITY. OK, you just lost a reader for your website…

Are you kidding? Don’t mistake me: I LOVE (for example) the NNSA labs for reasons both selfish and intellectual. But, the faculty of any university have the right and the responsibility to express their opinion on things like this.

Outsiders to academe always fail to realize that faculty are not the employees of a university, or even a ‘constituency’ within the university: They ARE THE UNIVERSITY.

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