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Peer-to-Peer for Academia

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gnutella-ate-my-homework dept.

Andy Oram has a good speech online about peer-to-peer and universities. He discusses a variety of possible research topics under the p2p umbrella and urges university administrators to promote this instead of squashing it.

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  1. Re:Excellent point. by Unknown+Bovine+Group · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "I'm not surprised that colleges would complain about Napster bandwidth requirements because I hear the same wringing of hands over education in general. I hear there are too many applicants to top colleges. Excuse me, but wouldn't it be good to educate more students? Instead of saying there are too many applicants, why don't you work on increasing the availability of high-quality course offerings? I know you don't have tenure-track positions for all the people awarded doctorates, but it's not your job to offer everyone a position; it's your job to educate them."
    Excellent point.


    Excellent pointing out of an excellent point.

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