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Brazil extended its challenge to Microsoft Corp., proposing an international group to encourage developing nations to replace the U.S. company's programs with open-source software such as Linux.
The proposal by state-owned Banco do Brasil SA is part of a broader push started by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government in 2003 to curb use of Microsoft programs. Banco do Brasil, the state-controlled oil company, postal service and national statistics agency all have switched to Linux at the government's recommendation.
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