IP: Clarification on With Stock as Bait, Microsoft Lures Elite Professors

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: Raj Reddy <rr () cs cmu edu>
>
> Friends,
>
> I sent the following letter to the Editor of Post
>
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> To
> The Editor
> Washington Post
>
> I am dismayed by the tone of the Post article "Microsoft Skims Off Academia's Best for Research Center"
>
> In particular, the phrase "Microsoft Corp. is luring faculty elites to its research center at a pace so fast that some 
> campus departments say they're being picked clean" is a gross overstatement.
>
> What I said was " Yes, MSR hiring has had serious impact on us.  We win some and lose some on new hires (e.g. Steve 
> Seitz).  That is the natural order of things.  MSR is the only industrial group strongly supporting basic research in 
> CS and IT.  Universities like CMU must continue to formulate and forge ahead in new directions that are not yet 
> commercially attractive.  Because, Industry can in general bring an order of magnitude more resources to bear on near 
> term opportunities than CMU."
> Hope this helps to clarify the situation for your readers.
>
> Raj Reddy
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>
> Best 
> Raj Reddy