 Indeed, this week, the software giant announced its Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) program, a part of its Genuine Software Initiative. It aims to reduce pirating of Windows, while at the same time attempting to slow adoption of Linux. Oh, and, by the way, it cuts down on pollution, too.One of the dilemmas facing IT shops is what to do with PCs that are no longer leading edge. Rather than plow them into landfills and deal with the concomitant environmental problems that ensue, an industry has grown up to refurbish those systems and resell them, largely abroad. "This is partly an element of Microsoft's 'green' initiative," Dwight Davis, a vice president at researcher Ovum Summit, told InternetNews.com. "It's a public relations win because they're doing another thing to deal with the landfill problem."  News source: internetnews.com
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