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-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Open Source in Brazil - Growing Despite Barriers Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:15:09 -0800 From: Rachel Roumeliotis, O'Reilly Media oreilly@post.oreilly.com

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Explore the country's open source community http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zfr23lhcbs293iv4lpun5gfsri47sb3pirp58jm8

Battered by a host of problems in recent years, Brazil still remains the most vibrant Latin American economy. With its strong extractive, manufacturing, and service industries, IT in Brazil is booming. Tech startups are springing to life and organizations everywhere are seeking to digitally transform their operations.

And in spite of many obstacles, the use of free and open source software continues to proliferate. Open source advocates have turned to grassroots means of promoting open source software—rather than relying on government support—while hackers are creating meetups and other spaces for collaboration and training. As a result, open source is everywhere: business, education, and industry.

We invite you to have a free copy of Andy Oram's 28-page report on /Open Source in Brazil/ http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1znq11mcjmtf0tdpo1ktism38rucaiteis11l7gsg. You'll see how the adoption of open source software continues to spread to businesses, education, and more, under even the most challenging situations.

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Cheers!

Rachel Roumeliotis Strategic Content Director, Programming

P.S. Learn more about open source collaboration and community at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zpr7oejbjcpanllfhka1u5csnt7637malgvs51p0 (OSCON) happening May 8–11, 2017 in Austin, TX. Learn useful skills, languages, and best practices and see how open source technologies fuel today's software and business systems.

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