Brazil goes open source

[Henry Spencer]

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<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4471963> says:

Morning Edition, January 31, 2005 · The government of Brazil says it
will switch 300,000 government computers from Microsoft's Windows
operating system to open source software like Linux. Microsoft founder
Bill Gates wants to meet with Brazil's president to discuss the
change. Brazil is dropping all proprietary software.
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