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Re: [ox-en] Free Software and social movements in South America

Kasper Souren escreveu:



* Why in contrast is there no strong connection between Free Software
 and social movements in more industrialized countries?
During my travels I haven't seen stronger connections in non-industrialized 
countries. But maybe I haven't looked hard enough.


* Can this phenomenon of the strong connection between Free Software
 and social movements in South America be compared to other
 phenomenons happening around Free Software?


I have worked for CEPES, an NGO in Peru, and they were aware of free
software and its importance. But they seemed an exception. Brazil
might be a
different situation, but I haven't encountered a single GNU/Linux machine
in the 3 weeks I traveled there.


To which region (state) of Brazil did you have travelled?
There is some specific places where you can find gnu/linux in Brazil. It's not a thing spread in the whole country.
The 3st largest supermarket chain of the country is using (you can see the penguin in the cashier's computer screen). Some big department stores too.
The largest state owned bank is using in some servers and starting to adopt in desktops.
There is the telecentros. Most of them use free software but it depends on the region.
And I think it is correct to say that most of the NGO are aware of free software but, in fact, not many are using it.
On the left-wing / alternativa media (with whom I've been working some years), most have changed their servers to free software, although just a few use free software on their desktops.
On the other side I've been in Germany some times (my girlfriend studies in Stuttgart) and the only free software I have seen was in the cheapest computer for sale in a big eletronic store. In fact, I have installed free software on the laptops of three of my girlfriend's colleagues. 




Kasper
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