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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..."

17 of 630 comments (clear)

  1. someone plz mail me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    smartgirl63_\@yahoo.com

  2. FP! by firebeaker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post!

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    1. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You created this account and waited HOW MANY years to post this stupid message? Was it worth it?

  3. Neat trick. by the+uNF+cola · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can I move my house towards "1 infinite loop"? (Apple's address).

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  4. Freedom and choice by Angry+Black+Man · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd like some "freedom and choice" with those Brazilian ladies.

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  5. YOU FAIL IT. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    4th post.

  6. Re:DO NOT CLICK LINK GROSS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol

  7. Fuck you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck you

  8. Re:are brazilians sand-niggers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, not sand niggers. Brazilians are "original recipe".-in users start at Score: 1). Create an Account!

  9. Re:My Experience with Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sounds like fud to me...

    *someone who has seen what happens when freebsd is swapped with win2k*

  10. Zero Hunger by jpatokal · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    ...and before the ObTrolls start yelling about Third World governments putting money into newfangled computers instead of feeding their own people, don't worry, Brazil's working on that too. (In case you don't read Portuguese, here's an article about the 'Hunger Zero' program in English.

    Cheers,
    -j.

  11. Re:Thanks Lula! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As an American I congratulate you and your government.

  12. That's pretty slow... by LouisvilleDebugger · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    >IBM last year helped one of Brazil's largest fast
    >food chains, Habib's, install a Linux system that
    >lets customers order by phone for home delivery
    >within 28 minutes.

    What are they running that thing on, a 486SX25?

    Il y a une horloge qui ne sonne pas.

  13. Viva La France!!! by j33px0r · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First it was the Rainforest, Now its Microsoft!

    God Save the Queen!!!!

  14. Brazil = WRONG! Brasil = RIGHT! by Hurricane78 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please don't call that country "Brazil". This form of writing it feels like getting insulted for basilians...

    The correct form is "Brasil".

    Thank you!

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  15. Re:Microsoft = freedom?? by Steve+Franklin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It all depends on how big her boobs are. No this is not off topic. Just think about it with your itty bitty little brain for a couple of weeks and you might get it.

    enslaved. Another product of the American educational system, no doubt.

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  16. Re:plagiarism by gl4ss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    only on slashdot...

    that joke is relevant to the subject at hand, even if it is old and rehashed.

    and it's not like it was karmawhoring anyways(ac), UNLIKE YOU!

    if something needs to be modded offtopic, lame ass comment it's me and you, not the actual joke.

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