The cafe owners would n't be much interested in terms like FOSS and free software, whichwould be difficult for them to digest.

Not really. It is true that they won't bother about _all_ the freedoms, but when you tell them you can freely copy the thing and distribute (for price or no price) among fellow cafe owners and oher people, they would surely be interested. After all they are already feeling the heat due ti the licensing fees isn't it.

It would be beneficial to concentrate on cost ( free as in inexpensive or phukat in Marathi :) ) . So , if any of the members on the list are aware of the cost of the pricing ( licensing and others if any ) , it can be shown how much money they can saved by the cafe owners. I am sure that in the money saved they will be able to buy atleast one more computer.

True.

correct - stick to converting the server. Nothing else will work.

I am curious to know what are the M$ things users demand. I have not been to a cyber cafe for a long time, and hence have lost touch with the current state of things.

Regards, Debarshi