Microsoft visits universities

Microsoft visits universities

JAKARTA: PT Microsoft Indonesia, a subsidiary of American software maker Microsoft Corp. has launched a program to raise the knowledge of Indonesian university students about information technology (IT).

The company said in a statement that under the program called "IT Goes to Campus", the company would visit a number of universities in Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Palembang, Medan and Makassar from March 8 to April 3 to give lectures on IT, especially on intellectual property rights.

The company will also allow the universities to buy its software at 90 percent off the market price. -- JP