[Gllug] An amazing letter from Peru

[Formi]

 If you tell what bits you want clarified, I'll do it.

 But before we go further, have a look at the jpeg with the "supposedely"
 original letter from the ms guy.

 The are two dates in there, the beginning of the letter and the stamp,
 
 stamp   25 Marzo 2001
 letter  21 Marzo 2002,

 So basically the letter was written in 2002 and arrived at the Congress
 office and was stamped after time travelling back to 2001.

 We wouldn't expect less from them. Looking at that evidence we all should 
 go back to Billito software.



 Basically, 

 libre = free as in freedom
 libertad = freedom

 gratis = free as in not paid.

 
 P.S. Regarding the email-joke about EURO ENGLISH, english is a hell 
 of an ambigous language. French, no way, I can't pronounce it for my life,

 Italian or spanish, or Portuguese, fine by me. 

 Formi.


On Mon, 6 May 2002, Richard Cohen wrote:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25157.html
> 
> This is (at least allegedly) a letter from a Peruvian legislator, addressed
> to the general manager of Microsoft Peru.  The Peruvian government is
> proposing a law mandating the use of free software in all governmental and
> public bodies, and Microsoft replied in typical FUD fashion.  The letter
> goes through Microsoft's points, one-by-one, *thoroughly* demolishing their
> arguments.
> 
> The story was on Slashdot on Saturday, and I overlooked it, and I don't find
> the potential law all that interesting - after all, similar things have been
> tried elsewhere.  What *is* interesting is the letter, even if it isn't
> genuine (Formi - fancy having a quick look at the original Spanish version
> for us and confirming some of the translation?).  It's the clearest, most
> lucid and most level-headed thing I've ever seen which explains why
> governments and government agencies *must* use free software and open
> standards, and why this is a good thing for the government, the citizens,
> and the country as a whole.
> 
> Read it, it's great.  Then send it to your MP... :-)
> 
> Cheers
> Richard
> P.S. Note that Microsoft refer continuously to Open Source software, and the
> Congressman to free software.  It's largely about free-as-in-freedom, not
> free-as-in-cost...
> 
> 
> 


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