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MIT Urges Brazilian Government to Use Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the tux-at-carnivale dept.

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.'"

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  1. UK Gov... by Zebadias · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here in the UK the waste of money in the public sector on MS and other software licences is huge! If only we took such a forward thinking approch.