“Shame on you, Bill Gates…” says American Computer
Science Association Chairperson Dr. Jack A. Shulman at the
ACSA League of Distinguished Software Professionals Press
Conference. At the Conference, Shulman said that in 27 years
he never before felt compelled to say such a statement to
Bill Gates, until now. The full article from the Press
Conference may be found at
http://www.acsa.net/boycot/bpolistofshame.htm.(PRWEB)
December 9, 2005 -- ACSA’s chairman spoke at length to
members representing nearly 9.5 million computer science,
communications workers and the press, in response to the
announcement by Bill Gates and Microsoft of their intention
to invest $1.7 Billion in offshore programming services,
facilities and education in the nation of India.
Chairman Jack A. Shulman, the programmer who authored the
very first programmed application with an early “windowing”
user interface in the early ‘70s for Citibank, and who
influenced the design of modern desktop PCs for Singer and
IBM in the late ‘70s with his visualizations of what should
make up a desktop PC, went public with strongly worded
disagreement with Bill Gates and Microsoft “for the first
time in 27 years” after it was announced.
Dr. Shulman’s comments about the probable consequences of
Microsoft investing 1.7 Billion in Indian Software
Development, Facilities and CompSci Education for Indian
Students, rather than for American programmers, students and
facilities, may be found on ACSA’s website at
http://www.acsa.net/boycot/bpolistofshame.htm.
ACSA can be reached by phone at 866-836-1932.
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