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Some of the best hackers I know are in India, and they don't use Microsoft products... I'm talking truly gifted people.

I myself am a BSD fanatic, but I recommend Linux based systems to all of my Windows using friends.

This might be because you are an Indian and the only hackers you know are Indian.

Which I read as the point that the parent post was making: India can 'pull itself up by its bootstraps' by using the pool of Linux/BSD oriented developers to help a large scale migration project thus further developing the skills base.

Some of the best hackers I know are in India, and they use Microsoft products... I'm talking truly gifted people.

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