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IBM, Brazilian Government Launch Linux Effort

Posted by timothy on from the where-is-provo-again dept.

chriscooper1470 writes "Here is an update to the Brazilian Government Continues Push for Free Software. Brazil has become the latest country this week to show its support for Linux. Following moves by the UK and Russia, the government of Brazil announced Friday that it has signed a letter of intent with IBM pledging to develop initiatives that will promote the use of Linux in the Latin American country."

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  1. Re:One day... by Kenja · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    By all means, lets all switch to Linux regardless of if its the best tool for the task. Freakin zellots.

    Most people use Windows because for the time being its the best all around choice. There is nothing on Linux that can do the things that I need to do on a day to day bassis. When I need UNIX I use it, I have sevearl Sun and SGI systems around my apartment and have Linux and BSD running in VMWare in addition to my MacOS X system (least used of the bunch I fear). However bottom line is that Windows lets me get work done that would be far harder to do on the other platforms.

    You may give up productivity for your OS ideals. Thats fine. Just dont expect the rest of us to go along with it.

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