Notable Quote: Brazil's President Lula “On Free Software” -- Speech at FISL 10 (2009)
[There was this] "...huge tension between those who advocated for the adoption of free software by Brazil and those who thought we should do the sameness of always, buying, paying for others inteligence[sic] and, thank God, prevailed in our country the issue and the decision of free software. We had to choose: or we were going to the kitchen to prepare this dish the way we wanted to eat, with the seasoning that we wanted, to give a Brazilian taste to our food, or we would eat what Microsoft wanted us to eat. Prevailed, simply, the idea of freedom...." -- President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva of Brasil at FISL 10 2009 --- (english transcript of Lula's speech here)
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