My history with Free Software in Brazil

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Software Libre en Brazil
International Workshop
on e-Health in Emerging Economies
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espaa
Feb 10-12 2010

Who am I?

Cesar Brod

In the IT market since 1981

Got to know Linux in 1993

Founded BrodTec in 1998

Created Solis Coop in 2003

Managed MS Open Source Interop development from 2006 2009

Alliance with Interact in 2010

A Journey through time...

1993:
Boss, can I buy a Unix for my Laptop?

1997: My first ISP!

1999: LinuxWorld Conference
San Jose, California

1999: Let's write Free Software!

2000: First FISL

2000: PSL-RS and Gnurias

2000: What about a Brazilian SourceForge?

codigolivre.org.br

2003: What about a Free Software Co-operative?

solis.coop.br

2006 2009:
Microsoft Why not?

www.codeplex.com/ndos

2007:
Safe Surfing
with Ricky Martin

navegueprotegido.org

2010 #FAIL:
No more Safe Surfing
with Ricky Martin

navegueprotegido.org

2009: MapZoom
WebMapping for the
rest of us by Joice Kfer

www.mapzoom.com.br

2010: Interact!
Know your business.

Things I would have forgotten...

vart.codeplex.com

i-scrum.ning.com

www.dicas-l.com.br/brod

twitter.com/cesarbrod
#iweee
#hijosdelosfalcones

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