Microsoft has announced today that it will provide a $1 million grant to the Oscar de la Hoya & Microsoft Learning Center. The $1 million donation is a software grant designed to improve the lives of the East Los Angeles Community, concomitantly making it the first fully Windows Vista powered technology community on the planet. All the personal computers that will be donated to the Oscar de la Hoya foundation will have Windows Vista preinstalled.

"We are grateful to Microsoft for this extremely generous donation," said Oscar de la Hoya. "Windows Vista will make a huge impact on everything from after-school homework assistance throughout the community to giving parents an opportunity to gain new skills for today's burgeoning digital work force."

"At Microsoft, we feel a strong sense of responsibility toward our local community," said Chris Weber, vice president of Enterprise for the Western Region at Microsoft. "Microsoft has long believed that inside each and every person there is great potential. When you partner that potential with great technology, extraordinary things can happen."

According to data made available by Microsoft, the total sum of Microsoft's donations to community organizations, educational institutions and human service agencies in California, beginning with 2003, is over $85 million.

"I believe these are some of the most important investments Microsoft makes," he said. "The work the Oscar de la Hoya Foundation does is critical to closing the gap in technology education and access, and Microsoft is delighted to support such an important effort."