The MIT-Microsoft Alliance
“MIT shocked the community with the announcement of an industrial partnership with Microsoft Corporation Wednesday. The initiative, called I-Campus, involves a 25 million contribution from Microsoft over the next five years. In return, MIT offers access to its faculty and research facilities….”
Rima Arnaout, The Tech, October 10, 1999
“MIT and Microsoft Corp. have unveiled an ambitious alliance to enhance university education through information technology….”
Tech Talk, October 6, 1999
Original Link: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1999/oct06/microsoft.html (No longer active)
“The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Microsoft Corp. today unveiled an ambitious alliance to conduct research and create new technologies that will improve information technology-enabled teaching models and educational tools for university education….”
MIT News Office, October 5, 1999