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Software Livre! (Linux Journal)

Linux Journal has an article by John maddog Hall in which he shares his experiences at the Software Livre conference held in Brazil in early May. "... cooperation, community and erva-mate. "Software Livre! Software Livre! Software Livre!"...the words got louder and louder like a chant. No, not like a chant, it was a chant--and I was leading it!"

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Software Livre! (Linux Journal)

Posted Jun 10, 2002 3:45 UTC (Mon) by DeletedUser1863 ((unknown), #1863) [Link]

Just a few things (non linux-related).
Sometimes, foreigners tend to name things as they listen to them.
Let me enlighten you =)

It's not called "erva-mate". It's called "yerba mate", pronounced as "yehr-bah mah-teh". It's a beverage that it's drinked in southamerican countries, mainly associated with the argentinian "gaucho".

That beverage contains caffeine in a very delicate dose, but enough to boost some long night of programming.
Sorry for this intromision...

Greetings from Chile!

--jci

Correcting the correction...

Posted Jun 10, 2002 15:10 UTC (Mon) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link] (1 responses)

Hey, i'm sorry to break you the news, but ... to the Brazilian Gauchos it's really erva-mate!! We speak portuguese here, remember??

And it's really as strong in caffeine as black coffee, but (IMHO) the taste is much softer.

Besides that, the way it's done in the cuia makes it a warming beverage, good for the somewhat cold temperatures down in Rio Grande do Sul (as compared to the rest of Brasil :).

Greetings,
---H.

Correcting the correction...

Posted Jun 10, 2002 17:58 UTC (Mon) by DeletedUser1863 ((unknown), #1863) [Link]

Hey, i'm sorry to break you the news, but ... to the Brazilian Gauchos it's really erva-mate!! We speak portuguese here, remember??

Now, that's a remembrance that spanish collides with portuguese, but they meet during pronouncement. (and i wonder if that word ever exists...) =)

I forgot totally that the Linux Convention was in Brazil.
Okay, flame me. It's seems caffeine boosts the testosterone level...=)

Greetings from Chile and Thanks! --jci


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