At 10:00 AM 8/19/02, you wrote:
> >>>>> "m" == mlane  <mark> writes:
>
>     m> SAIT in Calgary as a deal with microsoft that requires them to
>     m> use microsoft software. They are however still teaching linux
>     m> as well.
>
>Ok, dig this: Athabasca University _requires_ Accounting students to
>purchase their O/S from Microsoft.  It's interesting that this (and
>similar software requirements in other courses) has existed for years
>and yet the Waterloo requirement for C# is suddenly news.

Waterloo has been considered for years as one of Canada's top Comp Sci 
Schools if not the top. The fact that they would sell out to Microsoft does 
not bode well at all. Education in this Country is going downhill.


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