[Solar-general] Brasil sigue

Lun Jun 6 19:23:03 CEST 2005

Esto salio hoy en Boingboing:
En resumen dice que Lula no quiere atender a Bill, no se si se refiere
a la no atendida de Davos u a una nueva.

 Brazil's president doesn't care to hear Bill Gates's pitch

Brazil is wiring up its favelas (shantytowns) using free software and
recycled hardware, turning GNU/Linux into a serious force for
sustainable development. Bill Gates is so freaked out by this that
he's tried, unsuccessfully, to book a meeting with the President of
Brazil, who turned him down. BRRRRRAAAAZZIIIILLLL!

    "We have 80 computers here, all donated by Brazilian businesses,"
says the project organiser, Dalton Martins. Around him, children and
teenagers from the Sacadura Cabral favela are tapping away on
brightly-painted keyboards.

    Dalton explains that open-source software is an essential to the
project: partly because it drastically reduces costs; and partly
because it can be modified to suit local needs.

    But there are signs of nerves. In January, Mr Gates unsuccessfully
sought a private meeting with President Lula at the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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