Two thoughts - it is very likely that many companies would try to hide their profits - that sucks but that is capitalism at its best/worst.
Those that play along however (or if some more accurate mechanism of tracking profits related to the intellectual property in question can be designed) will not stop making money at their threshold - Redhat still makes money - it only means they will agree to open their source at that point.
Most of the posts i read focus on the issue of how valuable college is to a career and resume. IMO college is valuable because it has so much more to do with life than career. You can (though most do not) learn so much more than the requirements for a job while spending 4 years in a new town, with new people, doing new things.
Most/. readers are intelligent and motivated enough to learn the computer (hw or sw or sys) industry on their own. Go to college to get a history degree or physics degree - enjoy your time there. You will be sure to spend the hours while there learning your sys admin things on the side - or in support of your degree (perl to search docs during research, c++ to study attractors, etc.) In the mean time, you can earn money on the side doing sys admin if you want.
School is easy enough that it is not a full time thing - i agree with a previous poster that it is not necessary to get the As - unless you want to go on to grad school - then it helps. The 4 yours you spend is so valuable just for the experiences you can have -
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Two thoughts - it is very likely that many companies would try to hide their profits - that sucks but that is capitalism at its best/worst.
Those that play along however (or if some more accurate mechanism of tracking profits related to the intellectual property in question can be designed) will not stop making money at their threshold - Redhat still makes money - it only means they will agree to open their source at that point.
Most of the posts i read focus on the issue of how valuable college is to a career and resume. IMO college is valuable because it has so much more to do with life than career. You can (though most do not) learn so much more than the requirements for a job while spending 4 years in a new town, with new people, doing new things.
Most /. readers are intelligent and motivated enough to learn the computer (hw or sw or sys) industry on their own. Go to college to get a history degree or physics degree - enjoy your time there. You will be sure to spend the hours while there learning your sys admin things on the side - or in support of your degree (perl to search docs during research, c++ to study attractors, etc.) In the mean time, you can earn money on the side doing sys admin if you want.
School is easy enough that it is not a full time thing - i agree with a previous poster that it is not necessary to get the As - unless you want to go on to grad school - then it helps. The 4 yours you spend is so valuable just for the experiences you can have -
enjoy your youth!