[SWLUG] OSS in Brazil

[Tony Pursell]

Has anyone else seen a report about the Brazillian government 
adopting open source software software in an attempt to cut down on 
MS software costs and, presumeably, their balance of trade deficit?  
And how MS has had to cut its prices by 50% in an effort to combat the 
move?

I saw this last week on the BBC News 24 channel.  Unfortunately, it 
didn't show any example screenshots of the OSS they are using.  They 
only managed a screenshot of XP and a shot of the MS HQ in Brazil (a 
very impressive building - showing how much they have been profiting 
from a county which cannot afford their software).

Tony Pursell