__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Wednesday 30 May 2007 14:40 \__
> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 30 May 2007 13:40 \__
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> U.S. Colleges Retool Programming Classes
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Georgia Tech, which has branded the robot the "new face of computing,"
>>> | is hoping that the class can be a new national model to teach students
>>> | computing. To Microsoft Corp., which is investing $1 million to
>>> | jump-start the program at Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr, it's investment
>>> | in what could become its work force.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070528/reprogramming_programmers.html?.v=2
>>
>> Isn't that bribery?
>>
>> How can that be legal.
>>
>> Surely academic institutions should not be allowed to accept bribes,
>> particularly when then come from convicted monopolists.
>
> The closest we have come to this here are open presentations by companies
> and posters (adverts) in some clusters. Yuck! But none matches some of the
> links at the bottom of the OP. It's like selling your students out, just
> like Novell did with Free software.
Addendum:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070529-universities-respond-to-decline-in-computer-science-students.html
Seems like the innocent children might get 'hoooked' on Dot NOT. When my
brother studies CS at school, they had the serve to teach just ASP.NET? Who
is paying for that lockin?
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