AP/CNN: Computer Science School Breaks with Tradition | Linux Today

AP/CNN: Computer Science School Breaks with Tradition

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 6, 2004

[ Thanks to daniel.mccarthy
for this link. ]

“Northface charges $60,000 tuition for an intensive 28-month
bachelor’s degree in computer science. The school is backed by IBM
Corp., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and Unisys Corp., which have
donated software, development tools and training regimens.

“The school’s prime sponsor is IBM, which, like the other
sponsors, expects to hire some grads. IBM wants to counter
Microsoft’s market dominance and educate more grads in IBM-written
applications for Linux and other open-source systems…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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