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Saturday, December 10 2005

Prize in Indian talent search for Microsoft

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BANGALORE, India --- Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, announced a contest Friday to identify promising software students in India, offering as top prize an internship with his technical team for a year.

The contest comes amid another in India: the race between low-cost, open-source software and proprietary software, like Microsoft's Windows. The open-source movement, which promotes the Linux operating system, is finding increasing favor over proprietary systems among users and software developers in India.

Addressing 5,000 developers gathered at the Palace Grounds here Friday, Mr. Gates said the nationwide talent hunt, called "Code4Bill," would offer the winner an opportunity to study Microsoft's product development and innovations.

Mr. Gates said the contest would show the high quality of work being done in India. "Some of the best commercial work is happening right here," he said to cheers from the gathered crowd.

Mr. Gates is something of a celebrity in India, where technology outsourcing has provided well-paid jobs and changed the fortunes of thousands of middle-class Indians. But companies like Microsoft worry that many developers are joining the open-source movement.

Thought:
- I wonder when Bill will move to India as his HQ. The cost of running M'soft there should be like 20% of Redmond.

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