August 2008
4 posts
CONSEGI Declaration
This Afternoon members of the “Southern Coalition” signed the CONSEGI Declaration, our response to the rejection of our appeals. Another outcome of an amazing conference. Although only three countries officially present lodged appeals, there was the feeling that it represented the sentiment of all the countries that signed it. thus the use of the words “we” and...
The Brazilia Protocol
The Brasilia protocol was signed after the keynote speeches. This exercise lead by the state bank was a commitment by all to use and support the odf format. The representatives that signed were commiting 1 million desktops with more to come.
consegi 2008
I am attending consegi 2008, which has been an amasing experience. Free Software programmes are on a completey different dimension in Brazil which is now true for a lot of Latin America. The opening session had Two Ministers, head of the state bank and various senior goverment representatives and members from the free software community. The commitment to Free Software from all of government and...