RMS: « Activities directed at “including” more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience.
Read more »Richard Stallman: Is digital inclusion a good thing? How can we make sure it is?
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Brazil is aggressively expanding their Telecentro program
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The Brazilian National Support Project for Telecentros (public computer labs with free, public Internet access) intends to support the deployment of 2 - 3,000 new Telecentros and towards achieving the goal of 10,000 active Telecentros by the year 2010. Almost all of the Telecentros are built using entirely free and open source software.
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Debian GNU/Linux SuiteTelecentro: millions of users for the digital society every year
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The Brazilian Debian GNU / Linux SuiteTelecentro benefits more than 4 millions users every year.
The Brazilian Debian GNU / Linux SuiteTelecentro is a custom solution which is currently being deployed in the Digital Inclusion Program of Banco do Brasil. SuiteTelecentro is used in approximately 2000 telecentres and computer rooms.
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