The company Microsoft Rus together with Intel and Volnoye Delo Fund intends to double the number of school PC in Russia in the near future. The software installed on computers within the charity project launched by the fund will cost four-fold less than within the existing education projects, i.e. MS Office + Windows XP will be supplied for $3. Thus, Microsoft intends to implement in Russia the scheme already tested in China. The given project enables Bill Gates' company to overcome the threat of open source software.