Also, there is a very good reason in many countries to do this:

There is a doctrine called "Software Libre".It stipulates that all Government offices SHOULD use non-propietary software (Linux, Star Office,Apache and so on), so soon anyone that wants to do programming jobs as a government contractor should use Linux enabled tools.

Check this out: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6996393.html?tag=rltdnws

Regards
>While I can't point you to sources, my personal impression, from talking with different programmers here in Bolivia, is the following:
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>Programmers are still very much behind, in terms of applying modern development tools.
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>However, when developers decide to switch to Visual tools, the first choice seems to be Visual Basic, followed by Delphi.
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>Hilmar.
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>>Tracy, thanks for that info. Could you tell me the source for your information on development tools in other countries?