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Microsoft Invests in the University of Waterloo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cash-reserves-proving-useful dept.

saforrest writes "Say goodbye to independent academia. In a presentation by Microsoft on Wednesday at the University of Waterloo, a new joint initiative was announced which involves the addition of a mandatory course on C# for all electrical and computer engineers. 'Completion of this course will be mandatory for students entering the E&CE program.'" Microsoft's press release is available.

6 of 681 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nooooooo! by rruvin · · Score: 5, Informative
    The Electrical and Computer Engineering program has nothing to do with the Faculty of Mathematics or the Computer Science program. It is a part of the Faculty of Engineering.

    No such requirements are present in the Computer Science program.

  2. Re:Nooooooo! by sylvester · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm really surprised this isn't affecting the new Computer Science faculty that's opening at Waterloo next year. I imagine it's only a matter of time until they fall too though..

    Waterloo does not have, and is not getting a Comp Sci faculty. They have a mathematics faculty, one of a few in the world. That in turn had a Computer Science department, which has now become a School of Computer Science. They are also now starting to offer a Bachelors of Computer Science, although the old Bachelors of Math with a major in Computer Science will still be available. The new B.CS will be less math intensive, and more open to specialization in various areas.

    -Rob

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    -Rob Ewaschuk
  3. Old Hat Distribution by Mittermeyer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Guys, this is an ancient practice dating from when IBM and alums would give away mainframes for market share and also writeoffs, all the way through to Apples in the classrooms to hook the little monsters on GUIs. This is so old hat, it's just a knee-jerk reaction story. Move along, nothing new to see here.

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  4. Re:why this is a bad idea by paulschreiber · · Score: 5, Informative
    there's now a static version of the page that is being updated every 10-30 minutes. i've also tweaked the mysql connection pool size.

    hey, at UWS we use open source/free software. :-) it's a LAMP box.

    paul
    (uws sysadmin type)

  5. Happiness is Mandatory by xixax · · Score: 4, Informative
    If you had been watching Friend Computer you would realise that strategic alliances can greatly educate students so that they are aware of products that may benefit them as adults. Maybe you are upset because you thirsty? Maybe a refreshing drink will help?

    Xix.

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    "Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
  6. Webcast (with slides) for presentation by SmiloidalManiac · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://wwwtor.activate.net/microsoft/Aug14-02/incl ude/forms/proceed.htm