Ashwin Dixit on Nostr: Microsoft Philanthropy Microsoft donates Windows licenses to schools. Windows has ...
Microsoft Philanthropy
Microsoft donates Windows licenses to schools.
Windows has already been made, so donating licenses costs almost nothing.
Microsoft gets:
1. tax breaks for the full market price of the licenses.
2. good publicity for its generous donation.
3. mindshare, by locking in a whole generation of students into Windows.
4. to fend off FOSS by positioning itself as the de facto standard.
#freesoftware #linux #microsoft #business #businessstrategy #tech #education #philanthropy
Microsoft donates Windows licenses to schools.
Windows has already been made, so donating licenses costs almost nothing.
Microsoft gets:
1. tax breaks for the full market price of the licenses.
2. good publicity for its generous donation.
3. mindshare, by locking in a whole generation of students into Windows.
4. to fend off FOSS by positioning itself as the de facto standard.
#freesoftware #linux #microsoft #business #businessstrategy #tech #education #philanthropy