Brazil goes open source

[James Knott]

Ilya Palagin wrote:
> 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>


Apparently they're already using samba.  I've no idea what Carnival is 
though.  ;-)
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