Re: Microsoft University Funding

["Alan Cassidy" <acassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And it's mandatory, eh?:  "...mandatory course on C# for all electrical and
computer engineers. 'Completion of this course will be mandatory for
students entering the E&CE program.'"..."

Sigh.. The state of scientific inquiry today...

--Alan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Palmer" <neilp@dpslink.com>
To: <midrange-nontech@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 4:01 AM
Subject: Microsoft University Funding


> Looks like Microsoft is buying it's way into University courses.  What
> isn't menioned in the article is that one of the conditions for the
> CDN$2.3 million given to the University Of Waterloo was that they add the
> C# language to first year computer courses.
>
>
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic
le_Type1&c=Article&cid=1026144234562&call_page=TS_@Biz&call_pageid=971794782
442&call_pagepath=Business/@Biz
>
> It is mentioned on slashdot though:
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/14/2029255&mode=thread&tid=146
>
>
> ...Neil
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