Written by Newsroom
Tuesday, 11 January 2005
Since Sunday, Brazilian government's Radiobrás Internet services, are
using free source software. This is in compliance with a federal
government decision for its users to migrate to cost-free programs like
Linux that allow users to execute, study, modify and forward them
without restrictions.
The final "migration" to free source software began Saturday morning
(January 8) and ended only on Sunday afternoon. During the transfer,
radiobras.gov.br services were precarious and frequently off the air.
Since Sunday afternoon the service has been back to normal.
However, the migration process began way back in mid-2003 when a group
of 25 computer specialists began the gradual replacement of servers and
workstations.
One of the immediate results of the migration to free source software
will be a significant reduction in operational costs for Radiobrás.
The federal government's ITI (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da
Informação - National Institute of Information Technology), an organ
linked to the president's Chief of Staff cabinet, is in charge of the
free software program for all federal branches.
Free software is already a reality in several government institutions
in Brazil. Civil servants in federal, state, and municipal spheres are
installing and managing administrative structures with platforms and
applications based on open sources.
Last April, the Brazilian government promoted the First Week of
Preparation and Training in Free Software. On that occasion, over 2,200
civil servants participated in 150 technical training courses.
More than just provide training, the week was intended to expand the
participants' familiarity with open software, turning them into
propagators of the knowledge and technology related to open source
platforms.
According to Presidential Chief of Staff, Minister José Dirceu, the
event was the fruit of a collective effort that began in the Electronic
Government Executive Committee to disseminate the culture of free
software, the universalization of information, and digital inclusion in
the country.
"The challenge is to transform this tool into a concrete instrument for
the improvement of public administration. Therefore, I ask all of you
to pledge yourselves to pass along all the knowledge you acquire."
According to the president of the National Institute of Information
Technology (ITI), Sérgio Amadeu, mastery of free software can place
Brazil among the world's major technological powers.
For him, the option in favor of free software represents a cultural
change, an option for a new development model and the use of collective
intelligence.
"The Week of Preparation in Free Software is the beginning of a shift
to a future that will surely be a free future," he declared at the
time.
Agência Brasil
http://brazzilmag.com/content/view/1109/1/
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