Hello everybody My name is João Martins and I am a post-graduated student in Communication (MA), finishing a thesis about the social dynamics of Gnutella development. Now, I am working in a project for a doctorate in social sciences. My intent is to investigate the brasilian government investiments in Open Source. This scene, in my country, is becoming every day more clear to me, but I can't say the same thing about the internacional context of government aid in OS projects. My question is: did anybody here knows about any article related to that relantionship in any country? Best regards PS - Just to ilustrate this context in Brasil (f anyone becames curious...): recetlly, the brasilian congress starts a considerable investiment with the intention of stimulate the use of free software by a lot of public organs. The actions includes an investimet of R$ 6.3 milions (almost US$ 2 milions) in projects related to the concept of Free Software, besides the creation of a parliamentarian group related to the free software, during an event called "Free Software Week in the Legislative". Did anyone knows about something like this in any other country? == João Martins. joao_martins@terra.com.br Post graduated program in Communication Fluminense Federal University Rua Tiradentes, 148, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 24510-590. 55-21-2618-3409 Curriculum Vitae http://genos.cnpq.br:12010/dwlattes/owa/prc_imp_cv_int?f_cod=K4 765634E2