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Big Company on Campus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday August 26, 2003 @08:57AM from the revenge-of-the-nerds dept.

Daniel Dvorkin writes "MSNBC (oh, the irony) is running a scary article entitled Microsoft's big role on campus, detailing how Microsoft is working its way into academic computer science through a combination of bribery and propaganda. The aricle may be overstating the case, but it does make it sound as though MS products are displacing others at a disturbing rate in computer science departments. Given that academic computing has traditionally been both the source of and the stronghold for innovative software, this is a disturbing long-term trend."

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Re:Business should not be allowed... by sheldon · 2003-08-26 13:22 · Score: 0, Troll

Hmm, I get the distinct impression from reading your post that you think Open Source should have preference.

Now maybe I'm mistaken, but last time I looked there are many companies involved with Open Source, and it is actually a Business, or at least a market.

So forgive me when I call you a hypocrite.

You're no different from Microsoft, Sun, HP, DEC, SGI, etc. when they advocate their products. But at least those companies are honest with me as to what their intentions are.
Re:This makes me angry by Grizzlysmit · 2003-08-26 22:13 · Score: 0, Troll

I'd hate to see what a /.ing would do.
Post the URL.
After all it serves them right for using micro crap, hee hhee ;-) :-)

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