David Wheeler has written some of the most fact-rich, fluff-free articles on OSS/FS. They're not actual presentations, but I can't think of a better source of material to make one.
Microsoft issued a note explaining the situation in its terms. It was published here.
Here is a q&d translation:
Explanation Note
We're not suing anyone, and the request for explanation is not related to a personal question.
Microsoft remains engaged with a respectfull and open dialogue with the government, customers and industry to address the brazilian economy and comunity needs.
Microsoft is present in this country for more than 14 years. Our commitment with this country is for a long time. Through our 10,000 partners, 45.000 jobs are generated in Brazil and more than R$ 1 billion (US$ 330 millions) is collected in taxes annually.
Rinaldo Zangirolami
General Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs
Microsoft Brasil
The current Brazilian government's love for Free Software gave us a nice surprise this year by providing a nice Java app with which we can declare our anual taxes on several platforms. Until last year we had to chose between using a Windows app or using paper forms. Gee, I just realized that the Receita Federal site (our IRS equivalent) is made on plone. How nice!
I've heard very good things about txt2tags but I haven't used it myself.
It's used to generate the pages of Dicas-L which hosts a famous Brazilian mailing list which sends daily computer related tips.
Following the link http://www.google.com/ I was redirected to the Google Brasil page at http://www.google.com.br/ which shows a standard Google logo with the name "Brasil" just below the letters "le". In that page there's a link to the "Google.com in English" page in which I was able to see the airplane in the logo.
I guess they don't want to annoy us Brazilians today.:-)
I have a vivid memory of having visited a famous monument with my uncle when I was about two years old. However, I also had a photograph portraing my uncle and myself during that visit so that although I feel my memory of the event is real I'm more inclined to think that it was made up some years later when my mother told me about it while showing me the photograph.
So, I think you can't really be sure about what is your earliest memory.
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David Wheeler has written some of the most fact-rich, fluff-free articles on OSS/FS. They're not actual presentations, but I can't think of a better source of material to make one.
The book The Practice of System and Network Administration has a few excelent chapters covering everything you need to think about when planning a data center. It's a great book.
The current Brazilian government's love for Free Software gave us a nice surprise this year by providing a nice Java app with which we can declare our anual taxes on several platforms. Until last year we had to chose between using a Windows app or using paper forms. Gee, I just realized that the Receita Federal site (our IRS equivalent) is made on plone. How nice!
I've heard very good things about txt2tags but I haven't used it myself. It's used to generate the pages of Dicas-L which hosts a famous Brazilian mailing list which sends daily computer related tips.
Following the link http://www.google.com/ I was redirected to the Google Brasil page at http://www.google.com.br/ which shows a standard Google logo with the name "Brasil" just below the letters "le". In that page there's a link to the "Google.com in English" page in which I was able to see the airplane in the logo.
:-)
I guess they don't want to annoy us Brazilians today.
I like Mailinator. It's cool and has a FAQ that's one of the funniest things I've read lately.
I have a vivid memory of having visited a famous monument with my uncle when I was about two years old. However, I also had a photograph portraing my uncle and myself during that visit so that although I feel my memory of the event is real I'm more inclined to think that it was made up some years later when my mother told me about it while showing me the photograph.
So, I think you can't really be sure about what is your earliest memory.