Microsoft to open in RI

Microsoft to open in RI

MANILA (AFP): Microsoft Corp. said yesterday it will set up subsidiaries in the Philippines and Indonesia this year to market its new products, including the much-awaited release in August of its Windows 95 operating system.

The U.S. software giant will also open a representative office in Vietnam later this year, Microsoft regional director Jeff Lum told reporters.

Microsoft is to invest US$500,000 in the Philippine subsidiary, which will also be engaged in training and in curbing software piracy, he added.

He gave no details for the planned Jakarta subsidiary.

Lum said Microsoft dominates the Philippines' licensed software market with a 95 percent share in the personal computer segment.