Brazil's FOSS utopia image at risk

  2007-01-25 15:30:03
According to the international media, Brazil is a leader in free and open source software (FOSS) adoption. The New York Times describes the country as"a tropical outpost of the free software movement," while BBC News claims that"Increasingly, Brazil's government ministries and state-run enterprises are abandoning Windows in favour of 'open-source' or 'free' software." However, FOSS advocates familiar with Brazil describe a less hopeful situation. 
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