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They do that so students grow up knowing one operating system: Windows. Such students grow up, graduate, and then feel more comfortable using it in the workplac
by kintamanimatt 13y ago
They do that so students grow up knowing one operating system: Windows. Such students grow up, graduate, and then feel more comfortable using it in the workplace (and at home); it ends up being a net positive for Microsoft. If schools didn't receive free Windows licenses, such schools might end up using Ubuntu! Imagine how that would affect Microsoft's future profits and product adoption if the next generation of workers (especially those potential .NET programmers, CTOs, etc) were more familiar and comfortable with Linux!
- pjmlp 13y agoNo different than the program Apple had for American schools, if I am not mistaken.
- jff 13y agoCome now, we don't talk about the Apple machines in almost every American elementary school from kindergarten on. Surely these children won't be trained into using Apple systems; the real imprinting will occur 10 years later when they take high school keyboarding classes.