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Brazil "just says 'No!'" to Microsoft
National Public Radio (NPR) is airing a story about the Brazillian government's initiative to migrate 40 percent of its computers to Free Software such as Linux by 2006. The four-minute spot includes great quotes from Brazillian government officials, including one likening Microsoft's marketing tactics to those of a drug dealer.
The NPR report, from Martin Kaste, says that the government of "left-leaning" President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva "has not been subtle" in its campaign to replace Microsoft software with Free Software such as Linux. "Earlier this year, the government's chief of software gave an interview in which he accused Microsoft of using the tactics of a drug pusher. The way he sees it, the company's offer to donate Windows to poor communities is just a ploy to hook them on Microsoft products," reports Kaste.
Audio transcript of NPR report
Source: LinuxDevices.com
