In his week's issue, the Al-Ahram Hebdo (Need to use Al-Ahram's internet service to be able to see the content.) published a story (direct link no need to use Al-Ahram service to see the content, Thank you google) about GNU/Linux in its Economie section. An automated translation is here(Oh, google I love you, the automated translation is almost intelligent translation.)

That is me, in red, giving the second Eglug's GNU/Linux course in Sakia.

Featured in the text on the Linux side; Eglug's Alaa Abdel Fatah, LinuxPlus's Achraf Sobhi, TeData's Amr Essam and a special side column with IBM's Ahmed Tantawi.

On the dark side; Microsoft's Karim Ramadan and he claims that

« Microsoft dépense 7 milliards de dollars par an en recherches pour améliorer ses produits. Qui est chargé du développement de Linux ? Et puis en cas de virus, les clients ont besoin d'une grande entreprise capable de réagir rapidement pour réparer les dommages. Mais avec Linux, personne n'est chargé de résoudre ces problèmes. En plus, avec Linux, qui est responsable en cas de défaillance ? »

In automated translation

"Microsoft spends 7 billion dollars per annum in research to improve its products. Who is in charge of the development of Linux ? And then in the event of virus, the customers need a large company able to react quickly to repair the damage. But with Linux, nobody is charged to solve these problems. Moreover, with Linux, which is responsible in the event of failure?"

One of my other favourite parts in the automated translation

Phoenix Egypt which east l?agent in the Middle East d?une Japanese firm having developed its own baptized version of Linux TurboLinux . It thus offers its product with 242 L.E.

No thank you I don't want my Tux baptized! Thats too much money. I would go for a Mozilla liposuction operation instead!

Anyways, its a good article with a very entertaining Guerre des arguments.