  "US software giant Microsoft said on Friday it would bring cash and software to a computer training programme it has set up with the United Nations Development Programme, as part of a $1 billion company investment to bring computers to developing countries," Reuters reports from Davos.
"Microsoft would donate cash and the latest versions of its software, but the centres were free to expand with other software, including open source software such as Linux, urlLink Gates said. 'They'll be adding software from other providers. There's no exclusivity,' he said. 'Our role is to bring software that is quite popular, and happens to be ours. '" Comment: An interesting move, I think, given the impending rulings over several corporate cases being brought against urlLink Microsoft (including an EU case) that are due to return their verdicts soon 
