[Fsf-friends] Brazil, Free Software, Microsoft, Open Source...

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

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BRAZZIL.COM: BRAZIL: MICROSOFT, GO HOME

"Brazil believes that free software is an excellent tool for
the democratization of knowledge, foreign currency savings,
and the optimization of institutional investments and costs..."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.brazzil.com/2003/html/news/articles/aug03/p139aug03.htm

More  stories: http://linuxtoday.com/news

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WASHINGTON POST: THE QUIET WAR OVER OPEN-SOURCE

"The world's largest software maker is lobbying furiously
in state, national and international capitals against laws
that would promote the consideration or use of open-source
software..."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23422-2003Aug20.html

More IT Management stories: http://linuxtoday.com/it_management

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COMPUTERWORLD AUSTRALIA: OPEN SOURCE IS ABOUT MORE THAN LINUX:
SUN

"Open source is not about licences, Linux or free things but
a common mode of production, according to Sun Microsystems'
chief technology evangelist Simon Phipps..."

COMPLETE STORY:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1565756396&fp=16&fpid=0

More IT Management stories: http://linuxtoday.com/it_management

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