The Purpose of Constituencies?

[Nuno Garcia]

I fully support both Nicolas' and Andrew's point's of view.

In many countries, Universities are still non-profit organizations (and in
Europe, many are state owned).

Warm regards from Portugal,

Nuno Garcia

On 30 June 2011 21:02, Andrew A. Adams <aaa at meiji.ac.jp> wrote:

> > It is my view that Academia is beholden to Commercial interests at this
> time, 2011.
>
> Not true and a calumny on the many academics who still hold to their
> principles of speaking truth to power. I suggest you owe those of us who
> argue passionately against the commercialisation of HE, and against
> commercial interests in many other areas, an apology. Milton's tireless
> efforts over the entire existence of ICANN and his published work,
> including
> two major works analysing the malign influence of commercial actors (and
> others) on ICANN policies ("Ruling the Root" and "Networks and States")
> speak
> for themselves. KK's efforts also demonstrate a clear commitment to
> advancing
> the concerns of the non-commercial community.
>
> This descends to the level of name-calling and is IMHO inappropriate here.
>
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