Oh wow...I liked Lula from the beginning but this is something else...
Brazil extended its challenge to Microsoft Corp., proposing an international group to encourage developing nations to replace the U.S. company's programs with open-source software such as Linux.
The proposal by state-owned Banco do Brasil SA is part of a broader push started by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government in 2003 to curb use of Microsoft programs. Banco do Brasil, the state-controlled oil company, postal service and national statistics agency all have switched to Linux at the government's recommendation.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aJ08rWTOnQsk&refer=news_index
I nearly posted this in a recent thread...but where CHOICE goes let's just watch the happenings...
