From poverty to the richest man on Earth. What a transition!
The Armenian government and Microsoft Corporation will sign a contract on cooperation. The press service of the ministry of trade and economic development of Armenia reported that Trade Minister Karen Chshmarityan and President of Microsoft Bill Gates signed the contract in Edinburgh on Tuesday.What exactly does agreement this entail? Perhaps providing Windows Vista to rigged voting machines? No!
According to Banks.am:
According to the signed agreement, Microsoft will realize investment, educational and innovation programs in Armenia aimed at further development of the sphere of Information Technologies. In particular, Microsoft plans to establish its Innovation Center in Armenia.I'm always dubious of Microsoft's ulterior motives, but this cooperation has the possibility of making Bill Gates an anti-poverty proponent in Armenia. Now that I would like to see!
Source: Arka
6 comments:
Although I do admire Bill Gates as a businessman, visionary, and formerly a pretty good programmer, I do not trust anything that comes with Microsoft. In fact we have a discussion going on in one of the Russian language blogs, as to how could we push forward the OpenSource software and oppose to further penitration of Microsoft OS and software into the state and educational institutions, and rather try to adopt more of the OpenSource solutions.
Oh please man! "dubious of Microsoft's motives" ;-) give me a break! Thank your lucky stars that Microsoft chose to setup a presence in Armenia...
Microsoft has the advantage of money, with which it can organize special "programs," whether educational or otherwise, to woo governments and companies. Even though I support the OSS community, that's exactly what they lack. And let's be honest: a lot of Linux derivatives are not the easiest to use, whether daily or when it comes to hardware compatibilities and installations, etc. Regardless, Microsoft is bad news.
Bill gates was never poor...his mom was a lawyer and his dad a business...he just followed his passion and has seen the consequences of that.
Frieda, I think you misunderstood my post. The "poverty" was referring to the previous blog entry about a family in Armenia that was barely surviving. Look at it again and click the link. :)
Roupen: Microsoft is motivated by self-interest. Armenia being a growing region and naturally corrupt, it can easily flex its monopolistic muscles over the Armenian people. But of course, we should be happy for that! :D
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