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John Barlow Pushes Open Source in Brazil

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

greysky writes "This story on Foxnews.com reports that as part of the larger World Social Forum, Barlow spoke on how open source software can help alleviate financial problems of developing countries: "Already, Brazil spends more in licensing fees on proprietary software than it spends on hunger"." NPR talks about how Brazil plans to switch 300,000 machines over.

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  1. OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Fox news and open source, not sure what a Slashbot should do... malfunctioning.. ERROR... untrustworthy evil neocon news site speaks of open source holy grail greatness... err DOES NOT COMPUTE...

    NO CARRIER

  2. Surely you meant... by Doktor+Memory · · Score: 1, Funny

    ..."John Barlow Pushes Open Source, Drugs, In Brazil"

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    News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters? Like hell.

  3. less on licenses... by Evanrude · · Score: 1, Funny

    means more funding for the soccer clubs too.
    GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!

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    ~.Evanrude
  4. Re:As a Libertarian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do _you_ always _use_ these _underscore symbols_ to _highlight_ words? How do _they_ translate _into_ your _speech_?

  5. Re:Bill Gates is scared by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm sure he's quaking in his $10,000 boots, even as he accelerates madly up his half-mile long heated driveway to his 40,000 square foot home, nestled comfortably in his Porsche 959.

    Yeah, he's gotta be absolutely terrified.

  6. Well Duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Already, Brazil spends more in licensing fees on proprietary software than it spends on hunger.

    Well I would hope so. Who would want to buy hunger?

    Now if they were to compare it to how much they spend on pleasure, that would make more sense.

  7. Meanwhile in Redmond... by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Steve Ballmer was seen boarding Clippy One for a urgent flight. No news as to the destination, but he was seen packing huge discounts, a large tutti-frutti hat, and practicing various Carmen Miranda song and dance numbers. Where will the Ballmer Bombshell land? Stay tuned!

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    One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.