The tech issue I'm going to follow for class is going to be a daily search in Google News for 'Microsoft'. Today, it took me to an article about the Prime Minister of Vietnam meeting with Bill Gates about training thousands of teachers with Microsoft technology all over Vietnam. The article:
http://www.vnunet.com/forbes/news/2138453/gates-meets-vietnam-pm
Two things bothered me about this article: First, The PM met with Gates a full day before meeting with Bush. If a Prime Minister of Vietnam hasn't been here in 30 years, shouldn't he probably be meeting with Bush first?
Second, I'm wary enough of Microsoft anything that I'm not sure this is the way Vietnam wants to go. If the plan is to build up a new infrastructure for education and technology, I'd be worried about tech upkeep costs. Apple isn't as big a company, and not as rich, but they only have one format--much easier to fix from afar, in my opinion.
http://www.vnunet.com/forbes/news/2138453/gates-meets-vietnam-pm
Two things bothered me about this article: First, The PM met with Gates a full day before meeting with Bush. If a Prime Minister of Vietnam hasn't been here in 30 years, shouldn't he probably be meeting with Bush first?
Second, I'm wary enough of Microsoft anything that I'm not sure this is the way Vietnam wants to go. If the plan is to build up a new infrastructure for education and technology, I'd be worried about tech upkeep costs. Apple isn't as big a company, and not as rich, but they only have one format--much easier to fix from afar, in my opinion.
posted by kirk at 1:20 PM
2 Comments:
I am very excited to learn more about your research topic, it is very interesting that he would come to the U.S. and not meet with the President first! Looking forward to more!
I also think the topic is really neat. I wonder if it is the PM making these descisions all for himself or if he is being pushed by Microsoft? The company seems to be making large advances (ex. trading with China) and maybe they are offering Vietnam a lot of incentives to focus their attention on Microsoft. Plus, it could a political statement. In many places outside of the U.S. Pres. Bush is not well liked
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