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Saw an interesting article up on the Windows IT Pro website about Microsoft and Dell partnering with (PRODUCT)^RED [via WikiPedia], which you may be more familiar with on the consumer products sides of things, with retailers like the Gap and Motorola licensing the (PRODUCT)^RED brand as a way of raising money for various African continent humanitarian initiatives.

Probably the most visible aspect of the brand is emphasis on HIV/AIDS policies and practices (one of Product Red's main principles).

Dell will be releasing a RED-branded hardware, and Microsoft will include a RED-branded version of Vista Ultimate, available only on that RED-branded Dell hardware.

As a former Student Health Educator at the University, I'm keenly sensitive to the issues surrounding the spread, prevention, and education of HIV/AIDS on College campuses. But, the pandemic of this horrific disease in the developing world (and in underserved populations in our own cities), means to me that there is so much left to do.

Hopefully, this announcement from Microsoft and Dell is just the vanguard of a legion of another partnerships with mega-corporations we all know and love.

Who knows? Is a (PRODUCT)^RED Wharton Lab, 100% comprised of these Dell computers in our near future?

Read more about the (PRODUCT)^RED announcement from Microsoft and Dell and maybe purchase a computer or two to support the cause [Windows IT Pro] [Dell].