- Edgar David Villanueva
Dr Edgar David Villanueva Núñez is a
politician and congressman in theRepublic of Peru . He is best known for introducing a bill to mandate use of freesoftware in public agencies. The introduction of the Bill 1609 invited the attention of Microsoft,Cite news|url=http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/07/54141|title=Microsoft's Big Stick in Peru|accessdate=2007-08-07|publisher=Wired|date=2002-02-27 |author=Agustin d'Empaire] to whose letter Dr Villanueva wrote a famous reply.Cite news|url=http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-20-006-26-IN-LF-PB|title=Ending Microsoft FUD: An Interview with Peruvian Congressman Villanueva|accessdate=2007-08-07|publisher=Linux Today|date=2002-05-21 |author=Dee-Ann LeBlanc and Stacey Tipton] Both the Bill and Dr Villanueva's letter have been widely cited by pro-active governments and Free Software activists as a convincing rationale behind the introduction of Free Software in Governments.References
See also
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Free software movement External links
* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Free_Software_in_Public_Agencies The draft of Bill 1609 at Wikisource]
* [http://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2001/evillanueva.htm Official homepage]
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