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Microsoft Brasil Decries Government Use of Linux

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Microsoft Brasil's president, Emilio Umeoka, said that ideology led Brazil's government astray when it decided to adopt Linux's free software in public sector computers.

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Comments (2)

Worth reading but premises of article are false

The MS guy assumes that "you can't make any money from free software" and disregards the competitive advantage of a lower coast of IT solutions. Interesting course in Orweillian Newspeak though

Same old, same old

It's kind of funny...I remember Microsoft's tactics back in the days when they had actual competition...their tactics haven't changed much at all.

You can be rest assured that Rob Enderle will come out swinging in Microsoft's court every time. If not Rob, then Dataguess. And you can always count on the same old FUD from Microsoft management types.

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