Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:11:48 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: pgoldone@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open Source and 3rd world countries Message-ID: <200603100211.k2A2BmwQ022377@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <96341e070603091803l111d1b10ie16d5ddc50aca89@mail.gmail.com> (message from Pgold on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:03:35 -0200) References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060308211347.02261468@broadpark.no> <200603100137.k2A1bpN0021581@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <96341e070603091803l111d1b10ie16d5ddc50aca89@mail.gmail.com>
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> Sorry Nicole, but here in Brazil our government does not use pirated > software, and yes, they're changing to Open Source. That only means Brazil is not much a 3rd world country anymore... > guess this may be coming to an end, or not expanding, since the new > "cheap" computer for the poor people comes with Free Software. Yeah, sure, government did the same here in Thailand, cheap PC at $250 with Linux, and every body did installed Windows on it as soon as they get home :) Because Free Software was simply not working and that was not what they used at school, in the internet cafe and such, there were not the latest and coolest games... Olivier
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