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New Free O'Reilly Ebook: 'Open Source In Brazil' (oreilly.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Andy Oram, who's been an editor at O'Reilly since 1992, has written a new free report about how open source software is everywhere in Brazil. The country's IT industry is booming in Brazil -- still Latin America's most vibrant economy -- with open source software popular in both startups and in cloud infrastructure. Oram attributes this partly to the government's support of open source software, which over the last 15 years has built public awareness about its power and potential. And says the Brazil now has a thriving open source community, and several free software movements. Even small towns have hacker spaces for collaboration and training, and the country has several free software movements.
http://jesus-is-savior.com/Evi...
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." â"Leviticus 18:22
The Bible condemns homosexuality. It is NOT our job to criticize and condemn homosexuals; HOWEVER, it is our duty as Christians to proclaim the message of the Word of God that HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN. We must preach against the sin; but not condemn the sinner. Only God has the right to condemn anyone. Even Jesus said He didn't come into the world to condemn people; but He clearly stated that His Word (i.e., God's Word) will judge the wicked... "And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day" (John 12:47,48). The Word of God condemns all men as guilty sinners (Romans 3:19).
Do you see the difference?
Sodomites (as the Bible calls them), like to accuse us Christians of being judgmental. On the contrary, it is God who has already judged the sin of homosexuality and has condemned it. All sinners (like myself) will stand before God someday and give account for their life (Romans 14:12). All men are sinners (Romans 3:10). God says that homosexuality (sodomy) is an abomination. An "abomination" in the Bible is something that God "intensely hates."
God loves people so much that He sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ to die upon the cross for our sins (John 3:16); but God equally hates sin with a passion, to the point that His holiness will not allow anyone to escape the consequences of their actions (1st Corinthians 6:9,10).
God loves sinners with an unconditional love that no amount of sin can undo...
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." â"John 3:16-17
Jesus died for us sinners...
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." â"Romans 5:8
If you are a homosexual, I do NOT judge you. Jesus Himself DIDN'T come into the world to condemn anyone. Jesus didn't need to do so because the Bible already condemns us all as guilty undeserving sinners...
" Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin." â"Romans 3:19,20
Homosexuality is a sin according to the Bible (Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:22-32; 1st Corinthians 6:9,10; Jude 1:7). Let every believer speak out against the evils of homosexuality in society today, for it is our responsibility...
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret." â"Ephesians 5:11,12
And again we read in the Old Testament...
"Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?" â"Psalm 94:16
Do program languages in non-English speaking countries use English? Only living in the US I don't have any experience programming in another country. Is there a language that would be more efficient other than English?
Of open source evangelism, just like evangelism for the personal computer became unnecessary within a couple years of the release of MS Windows 3.0. Even CEOs (who previously said "I don't even know how to log in, I have people working for me who do that") and grandmothers got on board at that point.
Even Microsoft is busy trying to figure out how to use open source software as a strategy to attract developers and customers.
How do they deal with the fact that so much software these days is on the 'cloud?'
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
The O'Reilly Media book is not really "free". You must give your email address without any explanation about how it will be used.
As soon as the Trump situation has been dealt with and a proper president who serves his company masters as he should do is installed this situation will be dealt with. Like supporting politicians who wants to replace all this by MS software and removing open source proponents from office.
That's neither here nor there.
As far as I understand, pretty much anyone who wants a Library of Congress number can get one.
There's no such thing as a proper president. Oh wait, I didn't read the whole thing. My bad.
... nearly as bad as Indiots.
Brazil suffered a coup in 2016 and the new government is destroying the open source ecossystem and handing everything back to M$.. So sad.
Looks like Microsoft is up to their old tricks and maybe O'Reilly didn't publish fast enough:
https://fossbytes.com/brazil-r...
http://www.zdnet.com/article/b...
They have to work really hard to step in and mess things up for countries trying to break free (or for those who DID break free) from proprietary MS products. Brazil has a lot of corruption, so this seems to fit right in :(
Regarding "The country's IT industry is booming in Brazil -- still Latin America's most vibrant economy", I think one can make a better case for Chile.
Brazil's 5-year compound annual growth is 1%, and last year GDP growth was -3.8%. Brazil GDP per capita is $15,615, most recent unemployment was 12%, and inflation is 9%.
Chile's 5-year CAGR is 3.9%, and last year GDP growth was 2.1%. Chile GDP per capita is $23,460, with unemployment 6.8%, and inflation 4.3%.
IT outsourcing is more mature in Brazil than Chile, and Brazil's overall GDP is six times larger than Chile's, yes. But is Brazil's economy really "vibrant"?
Quite frankly, saying that it fills out a small niche exaggerates its relevance.
One interesting angle that I haven't seen discussed so far is the effect of extraordinarily high taxes on imported goods, including software in Brazil. Incidentally, this is why almost nobody in Brazil buys "official" copies of boxed software, computer games or movies. The prices are absolutely insane, even by American standards, and the average Brazilian is much poorer than the average American. For example, to purchase a PS4 "officially" in Brazil costs $1,800 US dollars and "official" games cost hundreds of dollars apiece, if you can even find them for sale. Instead, most of what is sold in Brazil is actually pirated. Now with open source software the price is generally $0 and no matter how high your taxes a percentage of zero is still nothing. This creates an artificial incentive to prefer open source to commercial software which is going to be either pirated or too expensive.