On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:42:45 +0530, Sriram Krishnan <ksriram@xxxxxxx> wrote:
It shows that they are desperately trying to avoid Free
Software/Open Source technology from toppling their software
monopoly by the next five years or so.
Err..not really. It shows that they are trying to get more people to use
their products and in this case, the students benefit as well (as they get
to learn technology that they'll be working on when they finish their
education. Microsoft is only doing what..err...every single company does.
Promoting their products. I wonder why nobody protests when Apple ties up
with US schools but people come up with a conspiracy idea whenever Microsoft
does anything.
Do you really think Coke would go around encouraging school students to go
drink Pepsi?
