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Brazzil Magazine: Another Push Far from Microsoft, in Brazil

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 12, 2005

“Since Sunday, Brazilian government’s Radiobrás Internet
services, are using free source software. This is in compliance
with a federal government decision for its users to migrate to
cost-free programs like Linux that allow users to execute, study,
modify and forward them without restrictions.

“The final ‘migration’ to free source software began Saturday
morning (January 8) and ended only on Sunday afternoon. During the
transfer, radiobras.gov.br services were precarious and frequently
off the air. Since Sunday afternoon the service has been back to
normal…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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