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Brazil Mandates Shift to Free Software

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the freedom-through-mandatory-compliance dept.

truthsearch writes "LinuxToday is reporting news and a response about Brazil making Open Source mandatory for 80% of all computers in state institutions and businesses, setting up a 'Chamber for the Implementation of Software Libre.'" This is a big win for Linux, but is making it mandatory going too far? It would seem wiser to support a solution that favors the best tool for the job, which may not always be an open source product.

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  1. Mandating freedom? by dr3vil · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sounds like a contradiction in terms to me. Why can't we keep the adminstrators out of these decisions? They should put their efforts into making the competition open, and let the market make the choices.