# Microsoft's grant has strings attached?

- Author: Joichi Ito
- Date: 2002-08-17T09:01:04Z


First spotted on David Farber's IP List



So it sounds like the 300 students who receive this grant have to take the MS C# class which replaces the C++ course. Pretty sleazy...



There is a student site about this. Following is a quote from CNET and a link to the CNET article.



Microsoft's grant has strings attached? 



By Margaret Kane 

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

August 16, 2002, 9:59 AM PT



update A collegiate grant from Microsoft has created an uproar after one of the recipients agreed to require a class in a Microsoft programming language as part of the deal. Microsoft's grant has strings attached? - Tech News - CNET.com





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