Google and IBM publicized that they will be working together to give millions of dollars in supplies to universities such as University of Washington, Carnegie-Melon, MIT, Stanford, and the University of Maryland for the purpose of focusing on parallel computing. This will also teach and aid students in learning to use open source software and to develop programs that will be able to keep up with the rapidly changing environment of computer technology.
I like that large businesses aren’t afraid to pour some money back into education even thought the results of this education can potentially benefit other companies because the students who are benefiting are not necessarily committing themselves to work for IBM or Google. I kinda wish that some of this funding had gone to Penn State so that we could work with some of the materials that are being provided by those who are at the top of the industries that we at the IST college are trying to get into.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071008-google-and-ibm-team-on-cloud-computing-initiative-for-universitiesgoogle-and-ibm-team-on-cloud-computing-initiative-for-universities.html
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I agree, it is a good feeling. Hopefully some of that money goes to students that go to out of state colleges or university like me who end up paying 10g's more than instate students. But if not that, then some free supplies is always good too.
Posted by Eric Herrera | December 15, 2007 9:57 AM
Posted on December 15, 2007 09:57