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I think that this is a good idea from the point of education, but lets not be fooled here, MS is looking for future talent to extend it's Windows platform - I am sure they don't encourage people to learn computing on Unix/Linux or OS X, that's for damn sure.
The local government should be doing the education, not Microsoft. Europes is ages ahead in education well before Gates came up with this bright idea, I remember learning Algebra I in the 6th grade, Algebra II in the 7th in Poland back in 1980.
Did Microsoft just wake up to the fact???
I would concentrate on the U.S. educational market, Europe has been doing all the right things for a long time.
In other words, no charity from MSFT unless you prop up their dying business model.
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And that would make the entire industry look bad: "Hey look kids, IT has invested NO MONEY into your education... only stuff with no explicit financial value."
MS is helping by putting some form of corporate benchmark on philanthropy. All other measures are touchey-feeley; this is tangible money which we should all appreciate they are doing. MS puts more money into health and education than any of us do. We should express thanks.
Colombia = Country in South America
- Columbia vs. Colombia
- by natalieweinstein January 23, 2008 6:18 AM PST
- You are correct, of course. We fixed it. Thanks for the heads-up.
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