Brazil at Robert Pogson

In Brazil, it definitely is the Year of GNU/Linux. According to many references to a study by GFK Marketing, in a recent quarter, 20% of PCs delivered there shipped with GNU/Linux. How cool is that for such a country where IT and the temperature are hot?

That is what you can expect in a country where the government encourages the use of FLOSS and eats its own dog-food, and discourages shipping with no OS. Russia, and China do some of these things, too. It is probably the Year of GNU/Linux for a large part of the world.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.