Comments

• mike

  2009-04-16 14:44:51

  So what's wrong with short term? dont flame me but if you put your bias aside you will see there is no harm in helping computer illitarate people learn computer skills that are up to date.

• NotZed

  2009-04-14 22:25:06

  ho hum, another un-authored press release masquerading as 'news'.
  
  shame on AP for publishing it at all, and SMH for copying it whole-sale. all the local news services are going to shit, filling their pages with cheap newswire material.

• Roy Schestowitz

  2009-04-14 22:28:30

  Yes, it does look as though it was ghost-written, doesn't it?

• Ed Landaveri

  2009-04-15 01:58:03

  This sound like the "software university" that they run at low cost on some Latin American countries. Sadly coming from MS the majority says "Oh it's from Microsoft, It must be good" when the contrary it's truth! Let us keep on colonizing these countries and strip them out whatever gold is left on them. Fist the Spaniards, then came the Standard Oil && United Fruit Company lastly comes Microsoft and Gates Pharmaceutical Ventures" disguised as "CHARITY" A few moths ago the Peruvian Press published something as the Gates Foundation thinking on doing investments on the beleaguered Peruvian economy. This would give them a foothold as to influence on software contract with the government, something that few people recognized. I hope this won't happen but seeing the history of corruption on these countries there's little hope.
  
  The "good" deed on teaching unemployed people Microsoft skills only it's going to do good to Microsoft that there will be a more "analysts" that will recommend it's products to small && medium sized companies knowing that the future is FOSS.
  
  Even if those people go after those skill they'll find out that there are millions of MS proficient people. If people are looking for lucrative computer skill they MUST look to Linux and FOSS. In the US when you respond for a job that requires a MCP or MSCE you find two or three blocks line of applicants, if they're looking for Linux/FOSS skilled people you find no more than a few. That's the opportunity, better skills, fewer people, more money. Anybody can be a MCSE (just braindump) but to be Linux/FOSS proficient requires work and guts! Yes, guts! Dump MS altogether and your life will be better!