From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 10 02:12:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C628416A420 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:12:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9E8D43D5D for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:11:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k2A2BnXb084184 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:11:49 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.3/8.12.11) id k2A2BmwQ022377; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:11:48 +0700 (ICT) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:11:48 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200603100211.k2A2BmwQ022377@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: pgoldone@gmail.com In-reply-to: <96341e070603091803l111d1b10ie16d5ddc50aca89@mail.gmail.com> (message from Pgold on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:03:35 -0200) References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060308211347.02261468@broadpark.no> <200603100137.k2A1bpN0021581@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <96341e070603091803l111d1b10ie16d5ddc50aca89@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open Source and 3rd world countries X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:12:08 -0000 > Sorry Nicole, but here in Brazil our government does not use pirated > software, and yes, they're changing to Open Source. That only means Brazil is not much a 3rd world country anymore... > guess this may be coming to an end, or not expanding, since the new > "cheap" computer for the poor people comes with Free Software. Yeah, sure, government did the same here in Thailand, cheap PC at $250 with Linux, and every body did installed Windows on it as soon as they get home :) Because Free Software was simply not working and that was not what they used at school, in the internet cafe and such, there were not the latest and coolest games... Olivier