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Brazil Moves Away From Microsoft

Posted by timothy on from the all-vagueness-so-far dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Citing economic as well as social reasons, Brazil's government is opting to move away from Windows, opting instead for Open Source (read: Linux) solutions. Interestingly, Microsoft's representative in Brazil decries this as a movement away from freedom and choice..."

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  1. Microsoft = freedom?? by Avihson · · Score: 5, Funny

    But of course, choice is slavery, war is peace, love is hate.

    Just ask Mr Gates at the Ministry of Network Security!

  2. Great! by borgdows · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait for the next news on the subject : "Darl Mac Bride trip to Brazil"

  3. Does that mean... by KoolDude · · Score: 5, Funny


    ...we'll get more people working on Samba ?

    --
    getSexySig(); /* returns sexy signature */
  4. A McDonalds, somewhere in Rio, 2004 by morelife · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Deseja batata com isso?"

    (you want fries with that?)

    --Luiz Moncau, Director of Marketing, Microsoft Brazil, 4 months from now.

  5. Re:Well written? Well understood? by pilot1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh please, anyone can understand what Sii3112A is!

    Let me explain how to read it.
    First, the S designation means that it was added to the kernel in September 2003. If it was a little "s" it would have been added on June 23rd, 1996, but that's not important.

    Next comes two little i's. Alan Cox put them there because he thought they looked cool, but since they're the IP of SCO, they'll have to be removed in a later revision.

    Next is a "3112". This means that there are 31^12 transistors on whatever this Sii3112A thing is.

    And last, there is a big "A". This means that in the count of 31^12 transistors, purple transistors were NOT counted. This was because Alan Cox was feeling tired of the color purple at the time of this things addition to the kernel.

    See how easy it is to tell?
    Now to find out what a Sii3112A is, you only have to find out which component of your computer has 31^12 transistors! (Not including those purple transistors, of course!)