Brazil's government to switch to Linux.

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Brazil's government to switch to Linux.

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LMAO, on one hand they give discounts and attempt to sway brazil, on the other they say they promote free choice, *sarcasm* I'm sure you DO support free choice"
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Ace Pace wrote:LMAO, on one hand they give discounts and attempt to sway brazil, on the other they say they promote free choice, *sarcasm* I'm sure you DO support free choice"
Its still free choice, they don't have to accept the discounts :P
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Sharp-kun wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:LMAO, on one hand they give discounts and attempt to sway brazil, on the other they say they promote free choice, *sarcasm* I'm sure you DO support free choice"
Its still free choice, they don't have to accept the discounts :P
I'm sure its an offer they "can't" refuse :P
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Considering that most viruses only affect Windows users, as the vast majority of computers use it, I'm not surprised if a government is going to use something else.
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Considering that most viruses only affect Windows users, as the vast majority of computers use it, I'm not surprised if a government is going to use something else.
Then once Linux becomes common people will write viri for it, and governments will revert back to Windows....

A vicious circle.... ;)
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