Re: Governo do Brasil Ceritifica Navegadores Livres

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Phil Hughes wrote:

> This article was recommended by Jaco <[email protected]>.
> 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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