For nearly 30 years, Michael Schroeder, a computer research scientist, has been a loyal fan of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland.
He is so devoted that in July 2001, when he was interviewing for a job with Microsoft, he flew from Medford, Ore., to San Francisco one morning and hurried back to Ashland for that evening's performance of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."
Schroeder ended up taking the Microsoft job. A couple of summers later, when he attended a donor dinner in Ashland, he asked if the festival would be interested in receiving software along with his usual cash contribution.
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