A computer powered with cow droppings?
Microsoft’s new India-based technology lab is featured at their TechFest. According to Microsoft’s General Manager of Strategy and Communications, the lab represents the company’s commitment to creating software that appeals to emerging markets.
e says the India lab’s booth tries to recreate the experience of computing in rural India, complete with a less-than-current computer set up for multiple users, a single lamp, dirt on the floor and Indian posters on the wall for authenticity’s sake.
In another endearingly Indian touch,
Schofield remains hush-hush on the actual software the group is showing in the booth.
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