[lug] IP: Open Source programs for Peru's government (fwd from: dfarber at earthlink.net)

[Robert George Mayer]

Evelyn Mitchell wrote:
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dfarber at earthlink.net> -----
<snip> 
> In a letter to the GM of Microsoft Peru, Peruvian congressman Dr Edgar
> David Villanueva Nuñez trashes every argument and FUD the MS machine
<snip>

The letter referred to in Evelyn's post is the best argued case against
Microsoft I have ever read.  Dr. Villanueva Nuñez is obviously very
intelligent, has a deep and broad understanding of the concept of free
software, and is a very skilled debater, in the classic sense.  I encourage
anyone interested in the social need for free software to read the letter.
The Goggle cache is at:
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:TvfSi6UFJpQC:www.gnu.org.pe/resmseng.html+&hl=en&lr=lang_en

- BOB

P.S. It also shows how to completely destroy your opponent's ideas while
maintaining complete respect.

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