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Microsoft chucks bargain bin at world's youth
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| The Redmond giant is teaming up with industry
| standards body the Institute of Electrical
| and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to give its
| student members gratis access to Microsoft
| development software, training, and job
| opportunities.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/19/microsoft_ieee_student_member_software/
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Recent:IEEE wants its students to be slaves
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| Below is a message I just got from IEEE. I was a student member of IEEE and
| office bearer of my
| college's IEEE chapter. But I didnt renew my membership with several reasons
| including disagreement on such a great amount of knowledge being locked up
| behind their online digital library. Now, This is a message inviting me back
| to join IEEE offering non-free software from M$ for gratis.This has been
| shown as an attractive offer in the mail, But i feel it as a confirmation
| message not to join IEEE ever after.
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http://swatantran.blogspot.com/
Pillay: OOXML debate and the IEEE code of ethics
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| Harish Pillay is annoyed by the ISO OOXML process and thinks the conduct
| infringes upon his professional code of ethics. But his rules just don't
| apply.
|
| [...]
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| An ISO technocrat would probably stress now that ISO/IEC does not apply these
| IEEE principles and wash his hands. Admitted. I thought, I had the view
| ISO/IEC process participants would naturally apply principles like these in
| standardization. I was naive. The mere existence of a Code of Ethics is an
| indication that the ethics seems to contravene the common practice. Of
| course, no doubt, ISO is not bound by IEEE ethics.
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-48665/pillay:ooxml-debate-and-the-ieee-code-of-ethics
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