Do people really think Harvard is nothing but moneyhungry? I think Harvard cares about image just as much. And I think that's what this was about. There was a conference about to happen, tickets bought and everything. A last-minute cancellation would have been a mess. I expect that was the leverage more than Intel's money.
Yes, well, the person whose wife works in the Science Center is a bit confused. Intel may have sponsored an event that occurred during graduation week, but it certainly did not sponsor graduation or even any events connected with it... just something that happened to be running at the same time. Harvard's graduation week is also reunion week; it's all about encouraging the returning alums to open their pockets to mother Harvard. Corporate sponsorship would not exactly be in line with that.
Clearly what happened with the iMacs was a last-minute compromise after a last-minute change of venue. I'm sure that if the same show happens in other years, all parties will be sensitized enough to the issue that there will not be a repeat performance. (semi-anonymous Harvard alum Science Center employee)
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Do people really think Harvard is nothing but moneyhungry? I think Harvard cares about image just as much. And I think that's what this was about. There was a conference about to happen, tickets bought and everything. A last-minute cancellation would have been a mess. I expect that was the leverage more than Intel's money.
Clearly what happened with the iMacs was a last-minute compromise after a last-minute change of venue. I'm sure that if the same show happens in other years, all parties will be sensitized enough to the issue that there will not be a repeat performance. (semi-anonymous Harvard alum Science Center employee)
[reposted after I bothered to register]