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.