Bangkok--Jun 28--Hill & Knowlton
An area on Thailand’s most visited internet portal, MSN.co.th, dedicate to Bill Gates’ visit to Thailand on June 30th, has seen almost 3 thousand people enter a competition to meet with Microsoft’s founder.
Internet users aged between 10 and 90 years old battled it out to answer a series of questions on the site www.msn.co.th/billgates over the past three weeks. They were first asked to complete 10 entry questions about Microsoft. Once through the entry phase, entrants were required to craft a thirty word essay on the future of technology and vote on where they see key trends on the future of technology in Thailand.
Of the initial 3 thousand entrants, 65 people made it through to the second round, automatically entering their essays into the final round of the competition. Three winners will be chosen to personally meet with Mr. Gates on June 30th, while all 65 finalists will be invited to join a large seminar hosted by Bill Gates where he will outline his vision on the future of software.
During that seminar, Mr. Gates will also be asked a series of questions submitted by users of MSN.co.th over the past three weeks.
Internet users logging onto www.msn.co.th/billgates over the coming weeks will be able to download screen savers, watch videos and read transcriptions of Mr. Gates speeches.
MSN.co.th now has more unique visitors than any other Thai language portal in Thailand. Every month, the site receives over 3.5 million individual visitors, with 2.2 million users on Hotmail and 1.4 million people chatting on MSN Messenger.
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Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Established in 1993, Microsoft (Thailand) Limited provides world-class software that is easy to use and localized to suit the local market’s needs. It also has a compelling and consistent platform to build powerful business solutions that can scale from a notebook computer to a mainframe — class multiprocessor systems using Microsoft technology. For further information, information, please visit the Microsoft (Thailand) website at: http://www.microsoft.com/thailand.
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