Microsoft has suite deal for students - FREE Software
| February 19, 2008 |
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates wants students around the world to begin using his company's software-development tools, and he's giving them away for free.
Gates was expected to announce the Microsoft DreamSpark program during a speech today at Stanford University in California.
The company is making the free software immediately available to an estimated 35 million students enrolled in colleges in the U.S. and China, among other places.
Details on availability will be posted at Microsoft's Web site for students:
By Benjamin J. Romano
Seattle Times technology reporter
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