Microsoft in Malaysia

Microsoft in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Microsoft Corp. chief executive Bill Gates has accepted an offer to set up operations in a high-technology zone being constructed in Malaysia, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday.

Gates, head of an eight-billion-dollar software company, had written to Mahathir to say he intended to participate in the so- called Multimedia Super Corridor.

"I can say for certain that I got a letter from Bill Gates yesterday, he has accepted the offer.... but there are others as well," said Mahathir after opening an information technology conference.

About 20 companies including Microsoft and Sun Microsystem of the United States had confirmed their intention to establish operations in the project, he said.

Most of the companies were from the United States, Japan and Canada.