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=K4765634E2