Microsoft to offer $3 Windows bundle for emerging markets

Robert McLaws writes:

“My good friend Jed Rose, former manager of the Windows Featured Communities team, came out of hiding a few minutes ago and told me a bit about the project he’s been working on for the last 8 weeks. Today, Microsoft is announcing that, sometime in the second half of the year, they will be making Windows Vista Starter, Office 2007 Home and Student, Windows Live Mail Desktop, Microsoft Math 3.0, and Learning Essentials 2.0 available for a grand total of $3 USD. This won’t be available for just anyone to buy, however. Governments would have to pay for at least part of the cost of computers from certain retailers, who would then pass the computers on to students.”