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Submitted by Ehver Green on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 5:29pm.
I know we have quite a few students that visit Olyblog. Microsoft just launched a new program to give students professional-level developer and design tools at no charge! Who can get this right now?
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WOW!
Submitted by JstPlnOnry on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 6:39pm.That's really cool! : )
"A point of view is only a view from a point..." ~ Unknown
Microsoft Ozziefied?
Submitted by enpen on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 10:26pm.[...]
Obviously there's a hugh
Submitted by Ehver Green on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 10:37pm.OzzySharon was to still get paid. I like that they made corporate America pay for it. Pretty much we have the same goal.I like it
Submitted by enpen on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 11:57pm.The future of the interweb will be brought to us by those who grow up with it as an assumption instead of as a discovery. Do you know if Microsoft is going to sponsor student competitions?
"In principle, I am an anarchist. Kurt Vonnegut once said he was an agnostic who respects Jesus Christ. I am an anarchist who loves democracy." - Kenzaburo Oe
We are. Imagine Cup is
Submitted by Ehver Green on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 1:10am.We are. Imagine Cup is sponsored by Microsoft. The cash prize was recently doubled to attract more submissions.
We do quite a bit in the robotics realm. A friend of mine owns a company based out of Southern Cal and I believe he won not only money but a partnership with our Embedded OS group as a means to run MILO. Cool stuff but a tough market when you're competing with the likes of Sony (I know - pot meet kettle). At its pinnacle MILO was capable of being your eyes and hands at the house from across the Internet.
Our research group sponsors and hosts a variety of events at colleges and universities worldwide. Plenty more examples on the web.
I help in our annual campus recruiting drive and am continually disappointed in the candidates I interview. The top tier schools always do well (MIT, CM, CalPoly, etc.). The curriculum drops drastically when you reach state run public institutions. Having an appreciation for BASIC development environments is one thing but earning credit for a COBOL class post Y2K doesn't make sense. But it happens more than you'd think.
The only person I've recommended for hire out of a public school (Old Dominion) branched outside of the school program and earned certification on his own. That was 8 years ago or so. Glad to say he's still here, working out of Atlanta, and I run into him on occasion.
Get verified as a student.
Submitted by Laurian on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:25pm.Get verified as a student. The system is linked to schools and organizations around the world that can confirm student status. Simply choose your country and school, enter your info and hit submit.
OK, ease my paranoia. Just how does Microsoft confirm student status through the Internets? I'm not looking for a fight, just information on which I can make form an informed opinion.
FAQs
Submitted by Ehver Green on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:40pm.Administrators: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/FAQ/UniversityAdministrators.aspx
Students: https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/FAQ/Students.aspx
Windows Live ID's (authentication) and SQL Server (data store) running on Windows Server 2008 (Platform).
Thanks.
Submitted by Laurian on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 6:01pm.They just use the facial recognition system
Submitted by Guglielmo on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:41pm.based on images downloaded from all the school buses rigged with cameras. Jeesh. Everyone knows that.
Good question though, since school districts are pretty big on student confidentiality these days.
I thought
Submitted by security_six on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:45pm.It was a hidden app inside of educational copies of MS programs that reports back to Redmond whatever info they need. When it doesn't crash of course :-)
"Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA. Ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State." - Heinrich Himmler 1936Remember this?
Submitted by Ehver Green on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 8:12pm.Yeah :-)
Submitted by security_six on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 8:17pm.
"Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA. Ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State." - Heinrich Himmler 1936