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It is to increase ICT skills
Brazils goal is to increase the ICT skills of its people,
through greater access to computing resources. It hopes
this will lead to a sustainable domestic ICT market,
improved employment opportunities for its people, and
higher standard of living.

Now does windows Starter Edition or a Linux distribution
help achieve these goals? Given the access to a huge
repository of free open source software (dev tools, middle
ware, office apps, etc), the ability of the OS to scale from
embedded processors to supercomputers (and everything
in between), low processor requirements, access to
complete source for review and experimentation (and the
ability of modify for Brazilian Portuguese, or many of the
other languages spoken in the country, including very small
native language communities), freedom to distribute copies
to friends (no piracy), and all costing zero dollars.

Why would windows get a look in?
Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 04/11/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Forums working  nucrash | 04/11/05
didn't know they were down  Monkey_MCSE | 04/11/05
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Yeah dude  Jeff Spicoli | 04/11/05
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You could be right, osreinstall:  Judas I. | 04/11/05
I know I'm right Obutterball  osreinstall | 04/11/05
Ah yes...  Linux User 147560 | 04/11/05
Re: China  osreinstall | 04/11/05
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I am use to that abuse  nucrash | 04/12/05
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I hope they offer a choice too  Michael Kelly | 04/11/05
Sounds good to me.  Anton Philidor | 04/11/05
Then..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/11/05
It's a small one time cost  Michael Kelly | 04/11/05
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Re: Guessing at how a dual boot would be used.  none none | 04/11/05
Re: It's a small one time cost  none none | 04/11/05
Forgot about that  Michael Kelly | 04/12/05
It will never happen  Fred Fredrickson | 04/11/05
Re: Sounds good to me.  none none | 04/11/05
Delusional Anty  Jeff Spicoli | 04/11/05
The point may not be to move away from Microsoft.  Anton Philidor | 04/11/05
So then you realize that linux is the better choice  Jeff Spicoli | 04/11/05
Re:So then you realize that linux is the better choice  richdave | 04/12/05
Yeah, Anton, just like Microsoft trusts ...  Judas I. | 04/11/05
I wasn't commenting on Microsoft's motives.  Anton Philidor | 04/11/05
I find it hard to separate Microsoft's actions and their motives.  Judas I. | 04/12/05
It is to increase ICT skills  Richard Flude | 04/11/05
Because freedom works both ways  osreinstall | 04/11/05
The people were always coerced..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/11/05
Very Easy  osreinstall | 04/11/05
Re: Because freedom works both ways  none none | 04/11/05
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Twinkies are chemicals  osreinstall | 04/11/05
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Re: Twinkies are chemicals  none none | 04/11/05
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Correction  Anton Philidor | 04/11/05
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Anty..  Jeff Spicoli | 04/11/05
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Anton, technology and employment  Richard Flude | 04/11/05
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Re: I'll bet 90% XP Starter, given a choice.  none none | 04/11/05
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