NPR: Brazil Makes Move to Open Source Software: ByeByeBill:

Gerry Mckiernan gerrymck at iastate.edu
Mon Jan 31 17:19:54 EST 2005


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Gerry McKiernan
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Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

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NPR: Brazil Makes Move to Open Source Software

Listen to this story... by Alex Goldmark =20

Morning Edition, January 31, 2005 =B7 The government of Brazil says it =
will switch 300,000 government computers from Microsoft's Windows =
operating system to open source software like Linux. Microsoft founder =
Bill Gates wants to meet with Brazil's president to discuss the change. =
Brazil is dropping all proprietary software.

[ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3D4471963  ]





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