Microsoft Targeting Indian Developers

Pranjal writes "An Indian Business magazine, Business World is reporting that in it's war against Linux, Microsoft is taking the battle to the Indian developers. The logic is simple. India has 10% of the developer population of the world. If a significant number of these developers commit to work on MS platforms then the number of developers working on Linux platforms can decrease significantly and thus the number of applications. As Dilip Mistry, a director at Microsoft India's Bangalore office puts it, "This country can affect our (Microsoft's) destiny." [Quote From article] Local linux user groups are trying to counter this threat by targetting school and university students and increasing the awareness about development on a linux platform. Read the full story here. [Nice cover don't you think?]"

Comments

Donation?

[gpinzone]

Makes you wonder if the $100 million he donated to India is really going to be used to fight AIDS.

Huge donation from Bill

[davinciII]

Also noteworthy is that Bill Gates just donated $100 million to fight AIDS in India (and that 20% of Microsoft's developers are Indian).

Other MS/Gates & India News

[primetyme]

The Gates foundation also just donated $100 million to India to help out with HIV/AIDS prevention and treatement in the country.

I'm not trying to suggest anything devious here BTW, only pointing out that India is continuing to get a larger amount attention in the international spotlight..

Gates personally donated 100 million to combat

[Real World Stuff]

AIDS in that country.

Quite a formidable marketing move.