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...Hauser] is a superb scientist and we're just delighted that the psychology department was able promote him, and Dean Knowles was able to provide the position [Hauser will be] offered," said Peter T. Ellison, chair of the Anthropology Department...
...this week as president of Apple Computer. Only trouble was, he didn't have the job. You can't entirely blame him for being confused: according to the San Francisco Chronicle, he had E-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs and board member Larry Ellison telling him he was hired. The E-mail was real--but the job offer was totally tongue in cheek. Seems Jobs was fed up with Murdock's persistent inquiries about the position and decided to handle it with humor...
...were a federal judge," Ellison said, "I'd jail Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates and their families," referring to Microsoft's executive vice president, Steven A. Ballmer '77, and Gates, Microsoft's chief executive, who originally was in the Class of 1977 but left the College after his sophomore year...
...crowd reacted with laughter to most of Ellison's barbs...
Despite the emotional pitch of his anti-Microsoft sentiment, some students said they found Ellison's presentation quite reasonable...