EnabledPeople and partners deploy 50 000 Linux desktops in Brazil
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| Estimated month deployment is about 10000 desktops with 50000
| desktops already delivered.
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http://www.enabledpeople.com/2007/02/12/bitway-imtech-enabledpeople-deploy-50000-linux-desktops-in-brazil/
http://tinyurl.com/2l8w9w
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Brazilian government will update its tax-exempt Linux computers initiative
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| Computador para Todos is a government project that offers special tax
| exemptions and lines of credit for popular (low end) computer makers in
| Brazil, as long as the computers are sold with Linux and an array of 26
| pre-installed free software common applications, like a word processor, an
| e-mail client and other apps surely found in most Linux distros. The tax
| exemption is only valid if the PC is sold for less than R$ 1200 (about US$
| 550), retail.
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| According to official estimatives, more than 800,000 PCs were sold
| using these tax exemptions and lines of credit in 2006, with a wide variety
| of international and local brands of Linux distros installed, despite
| claims that roughly 73% of the customers replace the pre-installed Linux
| distro with unlicensed Windows XP copies, less than 4 weeks after buying
| the computer.
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http://br-linux.org/brazil/?p=7
Brazil Schoolchildren To Get $100 Laptop PCs
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| President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday received a version
| of a $100 laptop computer to be distributed nationwide, and 50 were
| expected to be tested in Brazilian schools beginning next week.
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http://www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGBL1G1JXUE.html
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