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The biggest problem I have with this issue is that the technology that Microsoft is promoting for the students of these institutions are for the most part, not of the same calibre as the systems that are currently in use in industry.

Windows and the related development and support products that Microsoft provides, are neither easier to use than the MacOS, nor more reliable or powerful as commonly available Unix and mainframe systems. Ultimately this means that so called "institutions of higher learning" will be training their students on products which are limited in scope and power. The short term benefit of getting a discount from Microsoft may not be enough to recoup the long term cost of having to re-train these people to work with real-world systems.

-- James Ryan, Software Developer, Elsie Arts (posted 4/20, 5:25 p.m., E.D.T.)
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