MS realizes that CS students are important to their future. At my university, and I know at many others around the US, they have a program to give CS students free copies of XP and VS.NET and other MS software. They also have Student Consultants at these universities who's sole job is to spread MS gospel among students. They do presentations on things.NET and C# and hold contests and various other things to show off MS technology and in general try and rebuild the MS name.
It seems to me a lot of people who complain about everything MS does are just griping. Many people at my university would like to get a job with MS, myself included..NET is something technologically interesting and challenging, and that's what draws me to it. I have no interest in making the next version of word or excel, but the.NET, the CLR and C# are products with technological merit.
In my quest to find a job, I find that lots of companies are looking for.NET developers. It ranges from hardware companies to oil exploration to financial companies. Everyone recognizes that.NET is something worth investing in. I'll admit that MS has some catching up to do with Java, but college students aren't dumb and will start to realize that.NET and C# are worth taking a look at.
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MS realizes that CS students are important to their future. At my university, and I know at many others around the US, they have a program to give CS students free copies of XP and VS .NET and other MS software. They also have Student Consultants at these universities who's sole job is to spread MS gospel among students. They do presentations on things .NET and C# and hold contests and various other things to show off MS technology and in general try and rebuild the MS name.
It seems to me a lot of people who complain about everything MS does are just griping. Many people at my university would like to get a job with MS, myself included. .NET is something technologically interesting and challenging, and that's what draws me to it. I have no interest in making the next version of word or excel, but the .NET, the CLR and C# are products with technological merit.
In my quest to find a job, I find that lots of companies are looking for .NET developers. It ranges from hardware companies to oil exploration to financial companies. Everyone recognizes that .NET is something worth investing in. I'll admit that MS has some catching up to do with Java, but college students aren't dumb and will start to realize that .NET and C# are worth taking a look at.