I am from India, and yep, I am still in Highschool. And, Linux and Openoffice have made it to the High School curriculum, which *is not* a good thing. Why? Because most of the time, all these kids know is paint and wordpad, and ofcourse games! So, and the Linux we get in school books is all just plain bash. So, most of my friends are turned off By Linux, and by Openoffice as well, since they see it as a needless clone of Office. And, btw, most of the servers of the Indian Government run on IIS, as can be seen by visiting http://home.nic.in/abc.html This will give you an IIS 404 page, so it is IIS.... And, btw, Linux has not cost-factor advantage here, since most PCs are running Pirated versions of Windows...Even the ones in the Government Offices!