Requiring Software Freedom

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 29, 2001 @05:31AM from the freedom-and-compulsion dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "CNET is carrying a story about the increasing momentum that Open Source software and 'Software Libre' are gaining in Latin and South America and Europe. A certain company from Redmond WA USA is mentioned several times in the article as the impetus to free foreign governments from certain onerous licensing agreements (not to mention the cost savings involved). It is interesting that some of these governmental entities are actually requiring the use of Software Libre, not just encouraging it. Maybe it's time to visit Rio?"

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April Fool's day? by rkent · 2001-08-29 05:39 · Score: 4, Funny

Waitaminnit -- The operating system we all know and love is gaining a following in South America, with the ensuing increase in demand for programmers familiar with that OS (us!) in beautiful, inexpensive beach locations with scantily clad people everywhere?
No way. It must be april fool's day.
Whoo hoo!
Microsoft spokesman Ricardo Adame sez: by mcfiddish · 2001-08-29 06:07 · Score: 4, Funny

"Technology should compete on its merits in a free market."

Gosh, he won't last long at Microsoft thinking like that :)