Brazil is pressing for free software (azcentral)

[Posted April 18, 2005 by cook]

azcentral looks at Brazil's PC Conectado program. "By the end of April, the government plans to roll out a ballyhooed program called PC Conectado, or Connected PC, aimed at helping millions of low-income Brazilians buy their first computers. If the president's top technology adviser gets his way, the program may offer computers only with free software, including the operating system, instead of giving consumers the option of paying more for, say, a basic edition of Microsoft Windows."

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Posted Apr 18, 2005 21:28 UTC (Mon) by oska (guest, #25556) [Link]

That copy of the article is not complete. This one appears to be the full text.