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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE in the Brazilian Government (long)
From:       Roberto Selbach Teixeira <maragato () conectiva ! com>
Date:       2003-09-11 10:22:28
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On the 3662nd day of the September that never ended, Charles de Miramon wrote:
> I thought Brazil had a political organization very similar to the United 
> States with a Federal Government and States Governments. Is Selpro in charge 
> only of Federal Agencies IT or also of State Agencies IT ?

They don't have control over state agencies, but they publish
recommendations that can be followed. Most often than not, they are.

> From what I understand of Brazilian politics (never been there), there are 
> very good civil servants in Brazilia but it is very hard to push reforms 
> devised in Brazilia through the Parliament and through the country. Will the 
> switch to Free-Software be totally controlled by the civil servants of Selpro 
> or wil it need to go through the Brazilian political system.

It's not needed. A law to force the use of free software whenever
applicable (sp?) is being pushed in the congress, but I don't think it
will pass, too many interests envolved. Anyway, the current
administration is only "recommending" the use of free software. It is
forced, so they don't need any reforms to do it. Of course, a
recommendation coming from your boss can easily be understandable as
an order. :-)

 
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