Brazil goes open source

[Ilya Palagin]

Quoting Robert Brockway <rbrockway-wgAaPJgzrDxH4x6Dk/4f9A at public.gmane.org>:

> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Ilya Palagin wrote:
>
>> I remember they had a failed attempt to move schools to Linux.  Looks
>> like this
>
> I think it wax Mexico that had the failed attempt.  It seems to have come
> down to lots of desire and a lack of skilled people on the ground (at
> least employed skilled people - I'm sure Mexico has as many Linux admins
> per capita as anywhere else).
>
> Rob

Yes, it looks like Mexico was going to use it in schools.  I found why 
I thought
it failed in Brazil.  "Brazil Gives Nod to Open Source" - Nov 16,2003  Slow
progress?

<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61257,00.html>


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