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| DATE | 2003-06-16 |
| FROM | Dave Williams
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Embrace and...
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On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 20:10, Richard Stallman wrote:
> According to the report below, Brazil is making Open Source mandatory for 80%
> of all computers in state institutions and businesses, setting up a "Chamber
> for the Implementation of Software Libre."
>
> Can you show me the "report below"? I would like to write a response,
> but I need to see that report before I can do so properly.
A translation from the original Portuguese was provided on:
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6879
as well as a link to the original story.
Here's the translation:
Rio de Janeiro, 2 June (EFE) The Brazilian government plans to migrate
from Windows to Linux 80% of all computers in state institutions and
state-owned businesses, informed the daily newspaper "Valor". This will
be a gradual migration, that will begin with a pilot project in one
ministry and which will be completed over a period of three years,
according to official sources cited by the financial daily.
The goal of the migration is to save money by finding alternatives to
expensive proprietary licenses. Highlighting the gradual phase-in
approach that the Brazilian government has adopted, Sergio Amadeu de
Silveira, the president of the National Institute of Information
Technology, stated that "We are not just going to do a hasty migration".
He proceeded to say that "our main concern is the security and the trust
of our citizens. The biggest resistance to any change comes from the
existing cultural inertia".
The government, De Silveira explained, created two weeks ago the
"Chamber for the Implementation of Software Libre" to pave the way for
the upcoming migration.
A small part of the 2,095 million reals (about USD $700 million) that
the Brazilian government budgeted for information technology spending
goes to Microsoft, owner of the Windows OS. The government's decision to
adopt Linux, according to De Silveira, will boost the popularity of the
operating system among businesses and consumers. Moreover, it will
foster the production of local software and "democratize access to
knowledge", said De Silveira.
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