Monday, October 30, 2006
Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend
"For this program to be viable, it has to be with free software," said
Sérgio Amadeu, president of Brazil's National Institute of Information
Technology, the agency that oversees the government's technology initiatives.
"We're not going to spend taxpayers' money on a program so that Microsoft can
further consolidate its monopoly. It's the government's responsibility to ensure
that there is competition, and that means giving alternative software platforms
a chance to prosper."Now iisn'tnt every day a person in Brazil has aopportunityty to have the capability of interacting in the world wide web. This will all be made or at least tr to work without the help of Microsoft, who will not participatdudeed to the refusal of the government who is trying tcreateat competition, instead of cosolidatinMicrosoftts monopoly. The company that is working on the soft ware is called ConectadPCPc. Now this is a clear form of self educating, allowing a country as Big as Brazil to get a chance to advance in this fast pace world of technological advancements. There are even talks about allowing computers to be available at schools. And even if they do not reach their goal, they would just like to have the computer software market moving. "It's not perfect, but it's certainly better than nothing."
