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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (11692)	3/28/2006 2:09:29 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19790

So this is why Google is buying all that dark fibre: Google wants to sell ads over Wi-Fi? Get out the smelling salts! ZDNet - 18 hours ago Colleague Dawn Kawamoto reports today that a US Patent and Trademark office patent application sought by Google and published today would modify the appearance of a browser when that browser is connected to the Internet via a wireless access point. news.google.com

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (11692)	3/28/2006 2:14:31 PM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19790

So, where are all these students going? I think that we are trying to create TOOOOOOO many MBA/consultant types. That could be our downfall. We need to be tech oriented - bio or software/h/w.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (11692)	3/28/2006 2:37:22 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19790

hard to believe US CS enrollment would drop so precipitously if there was a major bounty out there at graduation time. I think you are right about all this. The problem is much worse than people think. Nobody is hiring at the undergraduate CS level. They are hiring people with a minimum of a MS in CS at less than what they pay token booth clerks in NYC Transit Dept. Once you get used to paying at that level, you aren't ever going to 2 to 3 times that level and less entry level credentials. Public policy has to change. Smart public could make it so no one gets hurt. It could be win/win/win. Instead of just giving tax breaks to the wealthiest for no reason at all, how about giving tax credits to hire US undergraduate CS major. Getting more undergraduates into the IT work force provides us better competitive position and a higher paying tax payer for a lifetime in the IT work force.