To be totally honest, I don't really see the point of this article at all. We all know that Microsoft do internships, we all know that they have a ton of money to throw at it, and we all know that they're damn hard to get into.

The original article really doesn't tell us a lot that we don't already know. It seems to be there to plug Microsoft and their internship program.

On the other hand, an interesting point is bought up about smaller companies not being able to afford internships in periods of economic downturn. Does this mean that Microsoft, who are still recruiting strongly as ever, have an even better chance of picking up the cream of the crop? Of course... It makes perfect business sense, doesn't it? What I'd like to hear about are other, smaller companies and their recruiting schemes.