[p2p-research] Free Software and Digital Inclusion in Brazil

Sat Nov 14 16:26:28 CET 2009

Thanks Felipe!

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:45 AM, Felipe Fonseca <felipefonseca at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have been involved with some of the projects that implement free
> software in public projects in Brazil. My opinion is that
> a) it is really big;
> b) despite being in my opinion a little too connected to party
> politics (as if the workers' party owned the free software flag),
> those federal projects have managed to influence also projects in
> states and municipalities run by other parties also - and that is a
> rather big accomplishment;
> c) one must be aware as there is a lot of rethorics, appropriation and
> _implementation_ of free software, but comparatively very little
> resources are put into actual _development_ of software. That leads to
> a kind of parasite relationship: governments are spending a lot less
> money in software licenses, but investing a very small portion of what
> is saved into feeding back to the free software communities. Granted,
> there are lots of exceptions, but I'd like to see a lot more.
> d) ... hm, I think I can go on and on here. Very complex subject to a
> single e-mail. Summarizing: it is a rather big movement in terms of
> implementation and public image, but is still could improve a lot in
> actual development of software.
>
> Anyone else has thoughts?
>
> efe
>
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 00:13, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > not sure about the relative importance of this FLOSS project in Brazil,
> so I
> > cc some people who may know more,
> >
> > see also: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens/FLOSS-Government and
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/Brazil
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Michael,
> >>
> >> Yes, I got it sorted. What date should I post it? Is there a way I can
> >> get the post ready and then tell the wordpress software to post it at
> >> a certain time and date?
> >> What do you think is could this be the largest state implementation of
> >> Free Software so far?
> >>
> >> Kevin F
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Michel Bauwens <
> michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi Kevin,
> >> >
> >> > this would make an excellent blogpost, and I need extra material
> during
> >> > two
> >> > short trips,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > do you have access? (otherwise James can give)
> >> >
> >> > Michel
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:59 AM, Kevin Flanagan <
> kev.flanagan at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >>
> >> >> This is a really passionate speech for Free Software by Brazilian
> >> >> president Lula da Silva.
> >> >>
> >> >> A 20 minute video - Lula da Silva, Brazilian President, talks about
> >> >> the importance of Free Software and the Internet at the 10th Free
> >> >> Softaware Internacional Forum, in Porto Alegre, Brazil - June 26th,
> >> >> 2009
> >> >> http://dotsub.com/view/40fd8f9c-fcb0-462f-b44c-ca6c38acdd9c
> >> >>
> >> >> The scale at which the government is implementing these changes is
> >> >> really inspiring,
> >> >>
> >> >> from -
> >> >>
> >> >> Brazilian government to deploy 53k open source labs serving 52
> million
> >> >> students (April 24, 2008)
> >> >>
> >> >> "One of the great announcements made at FISL this year was that the
> >> >> Brazilian Ministry of Education is currently in the process of
> >> >> deploying 53,000 computer labs with all open source software and 52
> >> >> million students will have access to these labs. The computers in the
> >> >> labs will be running a Linux distribution called Linux Educacional
> >> >> which is based on Debian and KDE as a desktop. By the end of this
> >> >> year, there will already by 29,000 of these labs open and available!
> >> >> Each lab contains a server and 15 terminals to use. Many of the
> slides
> >> >> from the presentation are online and translated to English. Doing
> some
> >> >> rough estimates, even if Microsoft gave a 50% educational discount,
> >> >> the cost of this project with Windows would be $79.5 million USD
> >> >> (around 100 million Reais, the Brazilian currency) before even one
> >> >> computer was made available because that would just be the licensing
> >> >> fees. A project like this enables one to see the scope of the
> benefits
> >> >> that open source provides — given the state of public schools in the
> >> >> United States, it is nearly a crime that almost every school district
> >> >> continues to pay our tax dollars to Microsoft."
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://news.northxsouth.com/2008/04/24/brazilian-government-to-deploy-53k-open-source-labs-serving-52-million-students/
> >> >>
> >> >> Also see -
> >> >> http://culturadigital.br/
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fculturadigital.br%2F
> >> >>
> >> >> Is this the largest state supported adoption and implementation of
> >> >> free software on earth?
> >> >> Im interested to find out more about how this is working out.
> >> >>
> >> >> Kevin F
> >> >>
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