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MIT Urges Brazilian Government to Use Linux
sebFlyte writes "MIT's Media Lab has written to the Brazillian government (who is looking into a method to get its citizens cheap, high quality PCs) and has urged them to use Linux. From the article: 'Free software is far better on the dimensions of cost, power and quality...if the source code is proprietary, it is hidden from the general population. This robs them of a tremendous source for learning.'"
It isn't like MIT is going to recommend BSD is it?
The title says it all!
The MIT guys just want a reason to be invited to the carnival!
You go guys!
Maybe there even is a tux-at-carnivale department at MIT...
If they use Linux they will be robbed of something even more valuable... Half Life 2.
Several other people have also written Brazil to advise them to use FedEx for their International shipping to save money.
I'm a big tall mofo.
Don't be so silly - we get excellent value for our IT services - it's a snip, at £48,000,000,000 per year to manage 160,000 government computers - I mean, seriously, that's only £300,00 per computer, per year, which is pretty minimal - and there's no such thing as 'free' software - if there was, microsoft would have told us about it.
Anyway, I'm in charge of government IT purchasing here, and it's just fine, thanks - oh, hang on, gotta go, the kids are playing on my gold plated runway again.
I just received the new product catalog from HP and Windows Media Player Suite is at the "bargain" price of $200.
LOL!!! That gave me a good laugh! Talking about irrelevancy here! Somebody needs to send them xine or mplayer on a 50cent CD with a $1 red ribbon on it. They just do not get it and it will be a while since they do, but it will be too late.
Insulting the intelligence of the population with the FUD campaign won't cut it either!
Go Brazil! Europe and Asia are following suite sooner or later!
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Give them email accounts, and they will quickly fill these bank accounts:
"Dear Sir, Confidential Business Proposal Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Nigeri^H^HBrazillian Chambers Of Commerce And Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $47,500,000.00 (forty seven million, five hundred thousand United States dollars) into your accounts. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract, executed, commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Nig^H^H^HBrazillian Apex Bank."
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.