option shift
"While about 65 per cent of servers use foss, about 90 per cent of personal computer users still use Microsoft in India,' says Sunil Abraham, director of Mahiti, a small-scale software enterprise in Bangalore, pointing to a skew in the culture of computer use. What explains it? "It is still difficult to get services for such a software. The service providing companies for foss have not come of age,' feels Rajiv Chawla, secretary, land survey department, Karnataka. But pro- foss groups argue it is not surprising considering most engineering colleges train students on Microsoft software. "Just the iit s train students based on concepts, others do not know anything but Microsoft,' says Abraham.
Microsoft strategy
Microsoft introduces students to its software at a very early stage in their lives (also see box: Patent fears). 
They have invested hugely in computer education in India
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