The new IBM Academic Initiative is a program to aid academic institutions
that support open-source software and open standards by contributing
hardware and software and training students for in-demand IT skills such as
programming, architecture, and technology certifications, says IBM’s Buell …
http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2004-6/0721w.html#item7

It’s about time. ;)

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