tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post8121667813899233158..comments2024-03-26T23:57:42.268-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: Guest Post: Fear vs. Educational Possibilityirasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-55153304975711667772008-11-14T12:09:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:09:00.000-05:00Tim,I don't doubt some PR issues, and I surely don...Tim,<BR/><BR/>I don't doubt some PR issues, and I surely don't doubt the misinformation fears. There's another thing, many university administrators have been pumping up fear of Google because they like having absolute ownership of faculty (and student) work.<BR/><BR/>There will always be tensions at moments like this - Google has figured out how to profit from the free flow of information, and those that have yet to make that leap are scared and confused. But as I sat this morning waiting for our university email system to return from a four hour breakdown, I couldn't help wondering how many tuition dollars ($1 million? $10 million) are being wasted when a free system is not just available - it is demonstrably better. And then I wondered if those most afraid would be willing to pay that bill, so the rest of us don't have to.<BR/><BR/>- Irairasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-56291206734717935132008-11-14T12:02:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:02:00.000-05:00Perhaps, rather than fear of control, this is a si...Perhaps, rather than fear of control, this is a situation where fear of a large corporation exceeded the fears of the incompetent linking of many small .com suppliers by the university itself? Perhaps the questioners were forgetting that universities rely on many companies to supply services? <BR/><BR/>Maybe this is a sign that Google has some repairing to do with the academic community after their failed attempt to create access to proprietary books?<BR/><BR/>- TLTim Lacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896230254720822005noreply@blogger.com