[plug] Fwd: [link] Linux in Brazil: big wins!

[Leon Brooks]

----------  Forwarded Message  ----------

From: "Fred A. Miller" <DESPAMMED>
User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3
Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Linux in Brazil
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 05:05:24 -0500

"Nunes of Conectiva cites a slew of wins to back up this thesis: a recent
tender for 290,000 educational workstations and servers, wrapped up by
Microsoft in October of 2001, closed in December with Linux and VMware;
the Brazilian Navy will completely standardize on Linux by 2003 for over
30,000 land and sea-based systems; giant Banco do Brasil has completely
switched to Linux servers; and city governments in Recife, Campinas, São
Carlos, and elsewhere have not only dropped Microsoft but mandated the use
of Linux. All to save precious funds, increase efficiency, and to say
goodbye to the software fiscais. Tchau tchau!"

http://www.open-mag.com/2643683279.htm

- --
"DRM.. Digitally Retarded Media. That's exactly what it is - content
that cannot reach its full potential because of artificial restraints."

-------------------------------------------------------

Cheers; Leon