Microsoft in Iraq

The universal hunger to get online has made computer and Web services one of the few bright spots in Iraq's stagnant economy.

… Few people on earth have more incentive to communicate online (and indoors) than Iraqis, who risk their lives every time they go out for a quart of milk.

…The new Microsoft Vista operating system, for instance, scheduled to be introduced for commercial use in late 2006, is already widely used here.

Robert F. Worth, “Danger? Drabness? No Date? Iraqis Find an Outlet Online,” New York Times, 2/10/06.