Comments on: The Race to Wire Brazil http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/27/the-race-to-wire-brazil/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sat, 26 May 2012 18:07:22 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Colin Brayton http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/27/the-race-to-wire-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-26463 Colin Brayton Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:46:00 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=5974#comment-26463 Good one, Patrick. I love that photo. Still, I read recently in the Folha de S. Paulo that the market share of pirated PCs from Paraguay remains as high as 60%-70%, despite news footage of smugglers dumping contraband in river on the Paraguay border on Globo's Jornal Nacional. Brazil has been taken off the U.S. blacklist of intellectual property disrespecters, but this is mostly likely a reflection of cosmetic efforts pra inglês ver, rather than the actual reality on the ground. I found a pirated edition of Windows XP for $4.50 on my recent trip without much trouble, despite the ongoing shooting war between the cops and the traditional "pirate" zones near the Av. Paulista in São Paulo. The really horrifying thing is to see how retail outlets like FNAC are selling brand-name laptops and desktops for MORE than the retail price you would pay even in an expensive city like New York. Stuff to listen to in PT-br: http://www.podcastingbrasil.com.br/site/index.html Good one, Patrick. I love that photo. Still, I read recently in the Folha de S. Paulo that the market share of pirated PCs from Paraguay remains as high as 60%-70%, despite news footage of smugglers dumping contraband in river on the Paraguay border on Globo’s Jornal Nacional.

Brazil has been taken off the U.S. blacklist of intellectual property disrespecters, but this is mostly likely a reflection of cosmetic efforts pra inglês ver, rather than the actual reality on the ground. I found a pirated edition of Windows XP for $4.50 on my recent trip without much trouble, despite the ongoing shooting war between the cops and the traditional “pirate” zones near the Av. Paulista in São Paulo.

The really horrifying thing is to see how retail outlets like FNAC are selling brand-name laptops and desktops for MORE than the retail price you would pay even in an expensive city like New York.

Stuff to listen to in PT-br: http://www.podcastingbrasil.com.br/site/index.html

]]> By: infundibulum » Stuff to listen to online in Brazilian Portuguese? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/27/the-race-to-wire-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-24918 infundibulum » Stuff to listen to online in Brazilian Portuguese? Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:54:26 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=5974#comment-24918 [...] After reading and translating a bunch of blog posts to prepare for writing “The Race to Wire Brazil” at Global Voices Online (not to mention hanging out with a two wacky Paulistas in London, I’ve found myself getting interested in Portuguese again. [...] [...] After reading and translating a bunch of blog posts to prepare for writing “The Race to Wire Brazil” at Global Voices Online (not to mention hanging out with a two wacky Paulistas in London, I’ve found myself getting interested in Portuguese again. [...]

]]> By: Taran http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/01/27/the-race-to-wire-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-24130 Taran Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:00:19 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/?p=5974#comment-24130 The $100 million laptop, actually. To get one, you have to spend $100 million. :-) Interesting about the comparison of Microsoft and Linux boxes. I'm not too familiar with the geography of Brazil, I'm wondering how much of Brazil is covered here. Is this indicative of one city, or all of Brazil? The $100 million laptop, actually. To get one, you have to spend $100 million. :-)

Interesting about the comparison of Microsoft and Linux boxes. I’m not too familiar with the geography of Brazil, I’m wondering how much of Brazil is covered here. Is this indicative of one city, or all of Brazil?

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