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from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2007-04-19 13:27:24
subject: Microsoft altruism or fear of Linux in developing nations?

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I vote the latter -

One OS to rule them all, One Search Engine to find them, One OS to bring
them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Redmond where the
Shadows lie.


http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/114209.asp
In Beijing this morning, Bill Gates announced plans for Microsoft to offer
a package of Windows, Office and other software for $3 to government
programs that distribute subsidized PCs to students around the world. The
"Student Innovation Suite," to be released later this year, is
part of a new push by the company to increase access to computers around
the world, and in developing nations in particular. See this story from
today's paper for details.

The company says its goal is to double the number of computer users in the
world by 2015, adding another billion people. Of course, it's far from the
only one trying to spread the reach of PCs in the developing world. And
there's a major business angle in all of this. Among other things,
Microsoft wants those new PC users to run Windows, not Linux -- which has
been making major strides in developing nations.

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