I read an article in one of the British Linux magazines a few months back (they've got some really good ones) and apparently Brazil has a cabinet minister responsible for open source technology.

Open source really is where all of the excitement is in IT these days. Even corporate giants like IBM figure that open source is the only way to beat Micro$oft.

Not only that but its fun. I'm feel like I'm back in "learning mode" again.

All I ever seem to be doing in Window$ is cleaning up messes caused by malware.

By the way here are two British Linux magazines that I highly recommend:

Linux Format

Linux User & Developer

They are a little on the pricey side on this side of the pond and you can pretty much only find them in larger Chapter's Indigo outlets or "Press Internationale" stores. But they come with huge CD and DVD collections of Linux software and frequently with entire Linux distributions.

It can save you alot of time downloading and burning distros.

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Much of the industry outside Microsoft is a fan of Linux on desktop and laptop computers. Among companies with Linux PC efforts are Red Hat, Novell, Sun, Adobe, HP, IBM and Intel.

"For competitors and companies still on the sidelines, this forecast should provide additional justification to the market. Linux is no longer a fringe player. Linux is now mainstream," IDC said in a statement.

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