>I really do not know anything about the Iraqi IT Tech level, however, and assuming your theory, I cannot see any difference between get started with Linux or Windows (besides $$), in fact, I would prefer MS since IMHO, alleged monopoly does not affect their experience at all. But of course, that’s another matter…
Precisely the $$$ are a big difference for a developing country - and even for some of the richer ones; check the case of München - and a powerful motivation to change to Linux.
OTOH, some also complain that MS continually forces users to upgrade. Security concerns are also heard. I am not sure if Linux is really more secure, but some people seem to think so.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
