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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. Re:Mandatory defies the nature of open source.... by laskeblask · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yeye