[Web] Interview with Matthew Kille - AmigaOS 4.0 GUI Design | ANN.lu |
Posted on 17-Jun-2003 18:03 GMT by Mike Bouma | 46 comments View flat View list |
AmigaWorld.net has interviewed Matthew Kille, the founder of the software company Zeoneo and also the designer of the default AmigaOS4 graphical user-interface. His company developes both for AmigaOS4 and the AmigaDE.
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Posted by Anonymous on 18-Jun-2003 17:41 GMT | In reply to Comment 37 (koan): You don't think ten thousand pounds a year TAX FREE (and I really mean tax free, no income tax, no council tax, no VAT on things bought through the university...) is substantial ? Maybe you should talk to some real students.
"Most people do not manage to do all their research *and* write it up in a coherent manner in 4 let alone 3 years."
Every[*] single RC-funded student who does not submit a thesis within 48 months costs the University where he is based 0.5 students in future funding. If what you were saying was true, which it isn't, Reading and other universities like it would only have one state-sponsored PhD student, and presumably their research groups would shrink dramatically.
All the people I know who've obtained PhDs in the last few years (and that's dozens) took between 3 years (or slightly less) and 4 years to submit. Those who got close to the 48 month mark were under great pressure to work harder in order to ensure they submission was "in time". I also know a couple of people who "suspended" and got jobs in the real world, asserting as Matt does that they would return to complete their thesis when they got a chance. Needless to say they haven't gone back yet...
[*] Yes, even if he is ill or dies. That's just considered bad luck. |
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