Peruvian congressman on open-source software

In My Humble Opinion
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I found this at http://slashdot.org.

Peru’s congress is considering a bill mandating the use of open-source software in the public sector. Microsoft Peru’s GM sent the bill’s sponsor a letter attempting to dissuade him from his position. Here’s that letter:

http://www.pimientolinux.com/peru2ms/alt_ms_to_villanueva.html

And here is the congressman’s amazing reply:

http://www.pimientolinux.com/peru2ms/villanueva_to_ms.html

I’m incredibly impressed that a modern politician could have written such an erudite, well-reasoned, thorough, and blunt document.

(I’m not sure if this thread is the right forum, but I’m sure someone will move it if necessary.)