[ale] Ga tech

[vernard at venger.net (Vernard Martin)]

Braino420 wrote:
> Hrm, I always thought the whole outsourcing thing was way overblown 
> and mainly hype. I didn't think GA Tech would change their whole CS 
> curriculum over it. What do you guys think?
The current switch in curriculum is 100% the child of the new Dean of 
computing, Richard DeMillo. If that name doesn't sound familiar to you 
then let me refresh your memory. He was the CIO for HP during some of 
its less spectacular years.  He is hated by the faculty and is almost 
personally responsible for destroying the community feeling in the 
college of computing.

And if you think I am being harsh, feel free to ask any graduate student 
or faculty member over there how they feel about him "off the record". I 
guarantee you'll get the same statements.

I gave up on GA Tech's undergraduate CS program when he became dean. and 
that is a hard thing for me as I was  a "lifer" over there.  I'm very 
close to saying that the graduate program is beyond redemption as well.