Is MIT losing it?

[sakky]

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So that means the 1997 bussiness week survey from IT professionals does not mean anything to you. Right? Don’t know what you believe.

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<p>I’m saying it’s old. Just like the NRC ranking is old. Things change. I’m sure I could dig up an old ranking that shows MIT ranked above Stanford too, but would that prove anything to you? Didn’t think so. </p>

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As for today, I have said several times that Stanford has been THE leader in new technologies since 1970.

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<p>Which is still an unclear point to me. Nobody disputes that Stanford has produced many technologies. The question is, whether they are truly THE leader. That remains unproven. </p>

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I didn’t say GPS was all Stanford. You are right that I only mentioned Stanford when talking about GPS, partially due to the fact that MIT has contributed little to GPS since 1970, while Stanford has been the driving force of GPS since 1970. </p>

<p>Let’s play fair here. In the past, you claimed MIT’s contribution to radar without never mentioning Stanford’s critical role in inventions of klystron and ‘over the horizon’ radar. Made it like radar is all the way MIT. And this is Pretty much like when you talked about MIT’s contribution to MATLAB, GENETECH, and ALTAVISTA without mentioning that Stanford people are inventors or co-inventors of these technologies.

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<p>Uh, what’s wrong with this picture? So you choose not to mention MIT’s contributions to anything, and then you say that you want others to play fair? You started it, my friend. I’m just following the rules that you set forth - if you feel so free to neglect MIT’s contributions, then I should feel free to neglect Stanford’s contributions. What’s fair is fair. You can’t just keep changing the rules to suit your own purposes. </p>

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Yes, MIT has been ranked as #1 engineering school by US NEWS for years. But Stanford has been the leader in foundamental technology advancement since 1970, especially in information technology.

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<p>Uh, wasn’t most of the minicomputer revolution (i.e. DEC, Prime, Apollo etc.) of the 1970’s and 1980’s centered around Highway 128? Heck, I believe DEC was the 2nd largest computer company in the world (after IBM) until the late 1980’s. Wasn’t the Free Software Foundation founded by MIT people?</p>