[SWLUG] OSS in Brazil

[Dick Bain]

Tony Pursell wrote:

>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
>
on a related story see: http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=35782
Dick
p.s. have you looked at the new website yet?
many thanks to Justin and others I think its a big improvement