said by Link Logger:Suggesting either for this position is insane as I would hope there is someone who is without commercial influence and could find and make the decisions that would best serve all concerned and given this is a government type position serve the public first and foremost. Certainly I would rather have someone from a purely academic background as they would tend to be a little freer of such influences, but yet know the issues and technology etc.
Blake
The flip side to that is that people from purely academic environs can be out of touch with the business world that drives technology adoption. I'm not saying that's always the case, but...
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