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Free Linux Software Bridges Brazil's Digital Divide
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| Fifty million Brazilian students will have Christmas in July when software
| Santa slips down the chimney to give them a free ticket on the information
| highway.
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| With Microsoft software licenses costing up to 1000 percent more in Brazil
| than in the US, the ProInfo program launched by the government of president
| Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reduces dependence on costly foreign software just
| as the sugar ethanol program for cars reduces dependence on expensive foreign
| oil. The program, administered through the national education secretariat.
| provides free operating systems, backbone and educational content employing
| Linux, Debian and KD3 freeware.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-ehrmann/free-linux-software-bridg_b_221910.html
Open Source Incentives
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| On the alarm front, I heard specific confirmation of a storyline I've been
| following, which is that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is basically
| telling governments: if you want contributions/investments from us, then
| you'll give Microsoft cabinet-level access to inform policy, and you'll use
| Microsoft products. For example, donations to educational initiatives require
| installing and teaching Microsoft products. It is similar to another story
| line reported by Roy Shestowitz. My informant told me that she was
| fortunately able to point out to the President that this was against Brazil's
| sovereignty and interest, and is one of the reasons that President Lula came
| to FISL, to show is support for the freedoms that "software livre" (aka free
| software, aka open source) mean to Brazil.
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http://opensource.org/node/445
Related:
Sentimental blackmail: (RED)mond && Dell
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| Recently, Microsoft is luring you with a tag line like this: "Windows and
| Dell are proud partners of (PRODUCT) RED™ — New PCs designed to help
| eliminate AIDS in Africa."
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| [...]
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| This is one of the most abject way of creating a psychological dependency of
| Windows Vista Ultimate: making people buy it for giving them the peace of
| mind that they helped to save lives in Africa!
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http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/02/03/22/48/51-sentimental-blackmail-red-mond-a
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