DiscussionIn case the news hasn't reached you, the Chilean Ministry of Economy signed an pact with Microsoft, and this has recently made the Latin American news. I went over some of the coverage in earlier postings, but so far only in Spanish.
Cristian Morgali, a Chilean who works for Red Hat, wrote a summary of Microsoft's "generous" baits:
- Training
- 1 Million USD for training ($67 USD per student for 15.000 students)
- Coordination through local non profit organizations
- Software
- 15 Million "Free users" of MSFT LIVE (Mail, Messenger, Spaces and Mobile)
- App Hosting, 2 Gib of storage per user, with WAP access etc.
- Local Government Support
- They will provide the framework for web page development to local municipalities.
- Innovation School
- The creation of a School of innovation in a low income province.
- 1 Million USD, for the development
- Public Local Schools
- MSFT will provide and maintain the software for local public schools.
- Schoolteacher Training
- 600k USD for the training of local schoolteachers.
- Small Business
- 5 Million USD in SW for small business and productivity tools.
- Low income areas
- MSFT will provide its encyclopedia, and the office Suite, with an estimated savings of 6 Mil
- Security Collaboration
- MSFT will donate its Child Explotation Traking Sistem (CETS)
- MSFT will contract lawyers to review the local laws regrading ciber criminals
- Software Security Collaboration
- MSFT will work with the local universities, providing bug fixes and security notices
- Innovation Initiatives
- MSFT will collaborate with 4 innovation centers at a university level, to promote innovation, with an investment of 300k over 3 years.
- Competitive Innovation
- MSFT will study the impact of technology in at least 3 important economic sectors of the country.
Last update: 2007-07-31 (Rev 1868)