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Brazil is Free
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| The government of Brazil is widely promoting
| FLOSS. For the army, reasons given include:
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| * 1) Cost savings in the medium and long
| term with proprietary software.
| * 2) Major security, stability and
| availability offered by SL.
| * 3) Elimination of mandatory changes that
| closed models require periodically its
| users, due to the discontinuity of supported
| versions.
| * 4) Technological independence.
| * 5) Development of local knowledge.
| * 6) Chance of auditability of the systems.
| * 7) Independence from a single supplier
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/06/11/brazil-is-free/
Recent:
Brazil Wants To Be The Next India and Open Source Is Their Secret Weapon
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| Going back 5 or 6 years, Brazil tried to free
| itself of Microsoft's stranglehold on the
| software it used. It put a big push into
| supporting, using and lead development in open
| source software technology.
|
| Much the same way it supported the use of bio-
| fuels like ethanol, this has led to Brazil
| being less dependent on Microsoft and other
| closed source software. Additionally, a
| booming open source development community has
| been fostered and cultivated.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/62258
Open source could be Brazil's real advantage
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| According to Grynzspan, what started as a
| protest against Microsoft of sorts
| motivated thousands of Brazilians to
| contribute with the development of open-
| source tools. This market is now very well
| developed and is hugely attractive -
| particularly for cash-strapped countries
| such as the UK - however the Brazilian
| government needs to do more to unlock that
| potential and promote it to prospective
| buyers.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/management-matters/2010/06/open-source-could-be-brazils-real-advantage.html
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