Comments for In New York, Lula Paints a Promising Brazil to Microsoft & Co. at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:04:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3965/1/#pc_792 I agree, Michael. There is also the issue of open standards. In any country, and especially a poor one, it makes sense for dosuments to be available in a freely usable format - both reading and writing. Microsoft has shot itself in the wallet with it\'s constant format changes in order to protect its monopolies. It was even prepared to cause incompatibility between versions of Word to break competitors products. Now it claims it has learnt the error of its ways and its new format will finally be open XML. The problem is that they are already extending that format: XAML anyone? Who these days is naive enough to trust Microsoft? - Guest Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:22:34 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3965/1/#pc_777 Smile, You should try using less ? and ! and more brain. Just because he favours Linux for government offices why would he oppose \'investment\' by Mircosoft? Linux makes perfect sense for government as it keeps government budgets and red tape under control. Talking about having one of the world\'s richest companies INVEST in your country has nothing to do with what software your government uses. If all you can do is try and point out discrepencies which aren\'t discrepencies, why don\'t you just give your fingers a rest. Michael - Guest Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:25:19 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/3965/1/#pc_768 ...just read again Lula official statements a few months ago....when he said exactly the opposite concerning Microsoft :. That their price price are too high, unjustified and unfair. And that he favors the open Linux for all his government offices, Brazilian corporations and personal PCs !!!!! Ohhhh yess.....sorry...but he said that while he was in Brazil. Now he says the opposite because he is in the USA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So where did he lie ? While in Brazil or while in the USA ???????????? Looks like that Lula never remembers what he said earlier ! Same for corruptions...etc etc...!!!! Contradictory statements are his way of life !!!!! Smile.......................................... - Guest Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:52:18 +0100