[Air-l] Question related to OS and governments

[James George]

Dear João Martins.

I do believe the links below might help...myabe indirectly, anyway.

a.. FOSS in government - Brazilian parliament to adopt free software -
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
a.. FOSS in government - Brazil: Microsoft, Go Home - Thursday, August 21,
2003
a.. FOSS in government - The politics of open-source software - Wednesday,
July 16, 2003
a.. FOSS in government - Brazil Mandates Shift to Free Software: News and
Response - Sunday, June 15, 2003

Please also look at UNDP APDIP's International Open Source Network
(www.iosn.net). My colleague, Ken Wong (ken at apdip.net) will also be able to
assist you with any specific questions that you have in mind. The search
engine there as well has tonnes of materials that you could browse through
that might not only assist you in undertstanding whats taking place in
Brazil but across the region and in the world.

Best regards
James George
Program Specialist
UNDP APDIP
www.apdip.net
  -----Original Message-----
  From: João Martins [mailto:joao_martins at terra.com.br]
  Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 8:51 AM
  To: air-l at aoir.org; discuss at opensource.mit.edu;
sebastian.arnold at student.uni-augsburg.de; james at apdip.net;
rsaroka at ciudad.com.ar; josafa at rocketmail.com
  Subject: question related to OS and governments


  Hello everybody


  My name is João Martins and I am a post-graduated student in Communication
(MA),
  finishing a thesis about the social dynamics of Gnutella development. Now,
I am working in a project for a doctorate in social sciences. My intent is
to investigate the brasilian government investiments in Open Source. This
scene, in my country, is becoming every day more clear to me, but I can't
say the same thing about the internacional context of government aid in OS
projects. My question is: did anybody here knows about any article related
to that relantionship in any country?


  Best regards


  PS - Just to ilustrate this context in Brasil (f anyone becames
curious...): recetlly, the brasilian congress starts a considerable
investiment with the intention of stimulate the use of free software by a
lot of public organs. The actions includes an investimet of R$ 6.3 milions
(almost US$ 2 milions) in projects related to the concept of Free Software,
besides the creation of a parliamentarian group related to the free
software, during an event called "Free Software Week in the Legislative".
  Did anyone knows about something like this in any other country?
  ==
  João Martins. joao_martins at terra.com.br
  Post graduated program in Communication
  Fluminense Federal University
  Rua Tiradentes, 148, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  24510-590. 55-21-2618-3409
  Curriculum Vitae
  http://genos.cnpq.br:12010/dwlattes/owa/prc_imp_cv_int?f_cod=K4765634E2
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