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The Brazilian GNU/Linux Insigne Momentum 5.0 Operating System Strengthens Brazilian Digital Inclusion Program
This press
release looks at the Brazilian "Computador para Todos" (Computer for
Everyone) program that was announced in November 2005. The open source
Insigne OS has been key to the success of the program. ""It has been
hard but pleasant work reaching 1.5 million families," says Joao Pereira da
Silva Jr., Insigne's CEO. "Brand-new users considered the system very
friendly, and the other systems' former users expressed admiration and a
desire to migrate to Insigne. We are motivated to improve the Insigne OS to
increase our market share.""
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The Brazilian GNU/Linux Insigne Momentum 5.0 Operating System Strengthens Brazilian Digital Inclusion Program Posted Oct 8, 2008 8:55 UTC (Wed) by Quazatron (guest, #4368) [Link]
Quite a different strategy from what the portuguese government followed, i.e., rebrand an Intel Netbook as "Magalhaes", give it away to schoolkids, and invite Steve Ballmer to help with the media show-off.
Brazilian authorities decided to help develop the local software industry instead. From my point of view this is a much smarter choice.
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