Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!pyramid!hplabs!hplabsz!taylor From: ksand@mapper.UUCP (Kent Sandvik) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: University Education and Industry Needs Message-ID: <1214@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Date: 14 Dec 87 19:26:08 GMT Sender: taylor@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM Organization: UNISYS UNIX Support, Stockholm, SWEDEN Lines: 28 Approved: taylor@hplabs Tom Osborn writes an interesting article on the impact of University level education on the computing industry's needs, including saying that he feels that "the industry should take much more financial responsibility for education (especially in Australia) and with even less control over the decision making and planning." Now there is a company in Australia that together with the Australian Goverment is going to build a information centre based on future networking and 4:GLs. This company is UNISYS and the joint venture will be called ACUS (Australian Centre for Unisys Software). They will employ 250 software developers, and also ave a graduate employment program, as well as they build a Pacific/Asia training centre and are starting to collaborate with Australian Third Party Software Houses. I mean that at least that big ugly company tries to keep and spread Computer Oriented Education - and have some financial responsibility for education (even if the Goverment puts in some funds...). And even better - I start working there next January - jiippee, away from this freezing water in Sweden. I think ACUS will suit me fine, because I vote yes for free information and responsibility for spreading knowledge. Reg, Kent Sandvik