Comments on: Microsoft Donates $4.5 Million to Houston Public Library http://gigaom.com/mobile/microsoft-donates-45-million-to-houston-public-library/ Sun, 27 May 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: zorg http://gigaom.com/mobile/microsoft-donates-45-million-to-houston-public-library/#comment-416523 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:11:37 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=34285#comment-416523 I don’t know the Houston case, but Microsoft typically donates “money” in the form of projects that create new potential Windows customers, “skilling” them in how to use Microsoft Word, etc. This is not an entirely altruistic activity.

In a project I know about in Atlanta, they included the cost of very many full retail price copies of Microsoft software in the total announced as a “grant”. In that case, it is unlikely that the educational institution benefited to the degree they would have from a cash award but it is also unlikely that a regular Microsoft customer would have ever given the stated amount to Microsoft for equivalent products.

]]> By: Ding Batt http://gigaom.com/mobile/microsoft-donates-45-million-to-houston-public-library/#comment-416522 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:33:38 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=34285#comment-416522 You might also take a look at Ken Starks and the HeliOS Project,in the State of Texas. This is one fine fellow who promotes Linux and helps the less fortunate, all with donations.

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