Gates: IT future lies in students
C|Net | at | by Mike
Despite growing competition, slimmer technology budgets and an ongoing antitrust battle, Microsoft continues to dominate the software industry. But Bill Gates, the company's chairman and chief software architect, sees a new challenge on the horizon: a dwindling pool of computer science students.
Last week, Gates embarked on a recruiting tour of sorts. He visited five colleges steeped in computing history to deliver hour-long talks: the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. His message was in part a history lesson for those too young to remember the industry's roots and in part a call to action for the nation's best and brightest students.