Microsoft Student Innovation Suite, a matchess suit for $3
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, will sell a $3 package of Windows, Office and educational programs to governments that want to load the software onto personal computers for students.
The package is tagged as the Microsoft Student Innovation Suite that will include the Windows XP Starter Edition operating system, Microsoft Office and Live Mail e-mail software. The company will be selling the programs at cost to governments that buy a minimum of 10,000 copies.
The well-calculated step is a move to strengthen the ownership of computers among the 5 billion people who are deprived of it. The software maker plans to reach the 1 billion of those users by 2015. Another noteworthy fact is that the countries that offer free or cheap PCs to students will definitely go for Windows and not freely distributed Linux operating system.
This $3 software package will be available in the second half of 2007 and it would cost between $100 and $200. The list doesn’t come to an end here. As another advantage is in the line.
After the concern shown by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh over the inability of the graduates to hunt for jobs; the company has plans to set-up a website for their ease. The site will help prospective candidates in seeking deserving jobs.
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