But he has pretensions towards being a respected visionary scientist. It's not impossible to have it both ways, but it's really, really difficult. (Especially when you've taken the work you did as a student at a public university and commercialized it without giving a penny to the university.)
There could be many good reasons for Wolfram to avoid giving money to the university that educated him.
1. He may have realized the quality of the administration of the University was not up to his standards.
2. He may have felt slighted or even blocked in some cases by faculty members who were embarrassed that he was a much better scholar.
3. He may have identified problems with some of the tenured professors who he did not think were deserving of their responsibilities.
4. He may have developed an extreme distaste for the politics of academia.
5. He may have sent the cheque to the Macadamia people instead, and he's still enjoying monthly shipments of their delicious nuts, and has decided not to correct the mistake.
Why not open source wolfram alpha? (Score:3, Insightful)
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Because he runs a business not a hippy commune. Go away little freetard.
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Because he runs a business not a hippy commune.
But he has pretensions towards being a respected visionary scientist. It's not impossible to have it both ways, but it's really, really difficult. (Especially when you've taken the work you did as a student at a public university and commercialized it without giving a penny to the university.)
Why has Wolfram not given money to Caltech? (Score:1)
There could be many good reasons for Wolfram to avoid giving money to the university that educated him.
1. He may have realized the quality of the administration of the University was not up to his standards.
2. He may have felt slighted or even blocked in some cases by faculty members who were embarrassed that he was a much better scholar.
3. He may have identified problems with some of the tenured professors who he did not think were deserving of their responsibilities.
4. He may have developed an extreme distaste for the politics of academia.
5. He may have sent the cheque to the Macadamia people instead, and he's still enjoying monthly shipments of their delicious nuts, and has decided not to correct the mistake.