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Brazil: The Next Windows vs. Linux Battleground? | |
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| Time: 14:27 EST/19:27 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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Can a cheap, stripped-down version of Windows derail the momentum of open-source software? Microsoft Corp. is hoping it can. Microsoft is poised to introduce its entry-level Windows XP Starter Edition product in Brazil, according to published reports coming out of that country this week. The Brazilian government has been a vocal advocate of open-source software. Many government agencies there have been migrating to Linux, citing cost savings as the impetus. Microsoft officials demonstrated this week in Brazil a Portugese-language-optimized version of Windows XP that was stripped down to run on less-powerful processors, according to Marcelo Nóbrega, technology editor with the fourth largest Brazilian newspaper, Jornal do Brasil. Microsoft officials said they are bringing the Starter Edition product to Brazil, Nobrega said, but did not specify the exact timing. Microsoft officials did not respond to questions on the company's Starter Edition plans for Brazil by the time this article was published. | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.90) at 4/8/2005 3:21:18 PM |
| Give it up, MS. Nobody in Brazil is going to give you a month's salary for a brain-dead version of Windows when they can do everything they need to with Linux, for free, without stupid, arbitrary restrictions. And it's especially true when the Brazillian government is pushing Linux because it's sick of giving so much money to one greedy, morally-bankrupt unethical corporation. Too bad Mr. Gates doesn't have any MS development centres in Brazil that he could use to threaten the Brazillian president with. |
| #2 By 8556 (12.217.172.22) at 4/8/2005 4:10:38 PM |
| Crossover Office sales are about to increase in Brazil. For some programs there are no Linux alternatives that can import existing data without some corruption. |
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