LEAVE it to Bill Gates. There's a reason he's the richest man in the world. On a visit to China last week, he announced a program that would sell a $3 bundle of Windows XP and MS Office to governments in poor countries that subsidize computer purchases by students. "All human beings deserve a chance to achieve their full potential," Gates said in announcing Microsoft's latest program to bridge the digital divide. It was a public relations coup and a shrewd business move besides. The $3 offer comes at a time when the open source Linux operating system is becoming increasingly popular as a free alternative to Windows on desktop and notebook computers. By aiming its program at developing countries, Microsoft seems determined to head off Linux in markets where the free alternative is most likely to thrive at Windows' expense.
From Manila Standard Today, April 24, 2007
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