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[Marc Lijour]

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Subject: Re: [newbie] Microsoft Brazil Decries Government Use of Linux
From: Stephen Kuhn <stephen.kuhn-hi6Y0CQ0nG0 at public.gmane.org>
Date: Mon, June 7, 2004 11:11 am
To: Mandrake Newbie <newbie-J4tZAbal8pkzaQFa27Lw39BPR1lH4CV8 at public.gmane.org>

On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 00:49, Josenildo Marques wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 00:32, John Wilson wrote:
> > On June 4, 2004 04:19 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 06:31, Josenildo Marques wrote:
> > > > Hello!
> > > > I'm laughing my head off here...
> > > > Here's why:
> > > >
> > > > "Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology
> led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's
> free software in public sector computers."
> > > > http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7332
> > > >
> > > > By the way, the 5th International Free Software Forum began on
> Wednesday, the 2nd.
> > > >
> > > > And last Friday, our Minister of Culture, singer Gilberto Gil,
> launched the project Creative Commons in Brazil.
> > >
> >
> > This got a bit of play on the well known "independant" voice of
> personal  computing ZDNet.
> >
> > It all seems like a large whinge from someone afraid of competition.
> :-)
> >
> > ttfn
> >
> > John
>
> That's absolutely right !
> By the way, there's a new distro around and it's called Freedows.
> http://www.freedows.com.br/index.php?page=freedows_lt_resumo.php
>
> The free version will be available soon.
> For more info, see
> http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5354383
>
> TTFN

Er, Jose, what about those of us that don't speak Portuguese?? I can
manage fairly well with Spanish, but Portuguese? Mate...

stephen kuhn - proprietor
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