Microsoft extends helping hand to Internet startups

November 5, 2008 Steve Ballmer

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer gestures during a meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on November 3, 2008. Microsoft on Wednesday launched a program to help fledgling Internet companies by giving them free access to software, tech support and introductions to its business partners around the world.

Microsoft on Wednesday launched a program to help fledgling Internet companies by giving them free access to software, tech support and introductions to its business partners around the world.

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