[Solar-general] Brasil sigue

Lun Jun 6 21:21:44 CEST 2005

Pareciera una persona con ética, don Lula! Además de agallas, por supùesto,
y buen apoyo popular...
Son gestos que dan alegría, en medio de tanta ambivalencia en política. Yo
mucho no entiendo de entretelones, pero esto me gustó.
Saludos
Diana
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From: "Sebastian Bassi" <sbassi en gmail.com>
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Subject: [Solar-general] Brasil sigue


> 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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