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From: Rodrigo Stulzer rodrigo@conectiva.com.br To: Phil Hughes fyl@a42.com Cc: gov-list@ssc.com Subject: Re: [GOV-LIST] Governo do Brasil Ceritifica Navegadores Livres Date: 24 Mar 2003 14:51:49 -0300

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Phil Hughes wrote:

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This article was recommended by Jaco jaco@fsconsortium.com. Assuming you are s good at Portugense and I am, he offers the following clues as to the content: *The Brazilian Government digitally certified Mozilla and Galeon*

The text, the Presidential secretary explains why it is important to have browser who comply with open standards. In any case, another free software win in government.

Hi Phil and fellows of gov-list!

The Brazilian Government and Conectiva signed last week this deal to include in Conectiva Linux the ICP-Brasil digital signature. The event was a very good one and several key people from the Government was there. The speech of the National Technology Institute President, Sergio Amadeu, was very clear: the government wants Linux and all the open standards. They do not want closed protocols and solutions from just One Company.

I was there signing the deal and the whole speech from the government side was _very impressive_. They are very commited to Open Source/Free Software.

I think that signature was a milestone in the Linux history here in Brazil.

Regards,

Rodrigo Stulzer, Marketing Director Conectiva S.A.

Links: http://www.iti.gov.br/ http://www.icpbrasil.gov.br/ http://www.icpbrasil.gov.br/certificadoACRaiz.crt http://www.conectiva.com.br

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