brazil and india.. fake microsoft

How do less developed countries get online?

The scene is much like any other modern office: an open-plan work space crammed with desks, telephones and computers.
But there's one big difference. The word 'Microsoft' is nowhere in sight.
Instead, computers here now use the Linux operating system. It has many similar functions to Microsoft's Windows - but unlike Windows, it is available for free.
Increasingly, Brazil's government ministries and state-run enterprises are abandoning Windows in favour of 'open-source' or 'free' software, like Linux.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4602325.stm


Countries such as
brazil , russia and  india
are currently behind when it comes to the the inernet and getting online.
People in the UK take the internet for granted as they can surf the web when ever they feel to, people even have access to the internet on their mobile phones. Some people in Brazil have to walk two hour just to get to a point in their country that has a low level signal and a generator for the form of the internet to work. It makes you think, would people in countries such as England and Amercia walk to hours everyday in order to use the internet.

Indian and Brazilian government have chosen to instead of using internet such as 'internet explorer' but instead to use Linux, this should save the countrymoney, enabling them to use the money on something more beneficial.

This chose has benefited these countries greatly, the cost is lower, more people can use it becasue they can afford to, it is described as the countries own resources, it shows that they have some freedowm and don't want to be completely influenced by the technlogy that other countries have  unless it is going to benefit them. The Brazilian's government are spending their money wisely.

People in the Uk take the internet for granted, its alomst as thought they don't realise how far it has got them.
For many a university level education would not have been possible with out the internet, or it would have been alot harder, everone would have to rely on books, and there just arn't enough in a niversity environment to give to everyone.