<p>DeanJ: I’m not sure if you work with open-source programming a lot, but coders enter and leave open source projects all the time. That’s the sort of project I envision with a student-run project – because the source code is open and transparent, it’s easy for someone else to take up the reins.</p>
<p>(And of course there could be a permanent faculty member which would be the organising, managerial force throughout the years. He/she wouldn’t cost millions of dollars a year either.) </p>
<p>I must really really really question the school’s choice when it comes to software. Those millions of dollars could have been spent on other things. Like you know, unbreaking students’ hearts when it comes to axing beloved classes? It’s ridiculous, Dean J. There are so many courses taught last year that are not taught this year because of the recession. People are cost-cutting everywhere. And they want to spend millions of dollars a year on fluff.</p>