Monday, June 30, 2003

And the Winner is... No no I can't tell you that yet, it is secret. EMEA VP Jean-Philippe Courtois will announce the winner of the Imagine Cup tomorrow at the Keynote. I saw all 15 teams and it was great. I am tired, I had to get a 20 minute demo from each team from 10am until 5pm. I will be quoted tomorrow in the MS Press Release on the Imagine Cup, so look for that. Keeping this to myself is KILLING me. :) What I liked is that the UK team were 1st year Java students and used .NET for the Cup. Now they are CONVERTS. This is a big win for Microsoft, getting .NET in front of students, if only University CS departments were not so biased. This is a big problem, Universities pretend that Microsoft doesn't exist and like it or not, Microsoft is a huge player in the Real World. The Universities are doing their students a real disservice. All I am asking for is a more balanced curriculum!   12:04:22 PM

Let the Games Begin! The long awaited Imagine Cup has begun here at  TechED Europe in Barcelona. So far so good, the students are motivated and the Web Services look cool. I have already looked at the teams from Australia, India, USA, Japan, France, Russina and Germany. Stay tuned!! 7:26:48 AM

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