Brazil goes open source

[Ilya Palagin]

Quoting Ilya Palagin <tux-4CS0UopE6WdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>:

> Quoting Henry Spencer <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org>:
>
>> Passed along by a friend:
>>
>> <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.
>
> I remember they had a failed attempt to move schools to Linux.  Looks
> like this
> time they decided to pass the point of no-return.  For those who want to know
> what Gates will say, see "Things to say when you're losing a technical
> argument":
> http://www.skirsch.com/humor/techarg.htm
> :-)
Something like "That's totally inefficient on modern hardware."
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